Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking benchmark

Name: Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Doubao Lite 1.5 (ByteDance) and Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (Google) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 1, 2026. On preference Elo, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is ahead by 130 points (1,490 vs 1,360; seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking resolves 66.8% versus 46% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). Doubao Lite 1.5 streams faster (180 tok/s) while Doubao Lite 1.5 is the cheaper output token ($0.1/1M). Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the larger context window (1M tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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ByteDance

Doubao Lite 1.5

ByteDance high-speed lightweight model priced at sub-cent levels.

Elo 1,360$0.1/1M out

Google

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Google experimental reasoning model that visualizes thoughts in real-time.

Elo 1,490$0.4/1M out

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Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Doubao Lite 1.5 (4)vsGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (6)

Doubao Lite 1.5: 4W (40%)Overall: Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 6W (60%)

← Doubao Lite 1.5Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking →

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,360vs1,490

Coding Elo

1,320vs1,515

SWE-bench

46%vs66.8%

LiveBench

54%vs67%

GPQA Diamond

64.2%vs81%

Doubao Lite 1.5: 0WGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 5W

Doubao Lite 1.5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

180 tok/svs115 tok/s

Time to first token

110 msvs220 ms

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 0W

Doubao Lite 1.5 (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.1/1Mvs$0.4/1M

Input price

$0.04/1Mvs$0.1/1M

Context window

33kvs1M

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 1W

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Percentile 0–100

Dimensional AdvantageGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking 4/6

Preference Elo

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

130 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Doubao Lite 1.5

65 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

Doubao Lite 1.5

$0.30/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,360

EloHigh is better

1,490+10%

Code Elo

High is better

1,320

Code EloHigh is better

1,515+15%

LiveBench

High is better

54%

LiveBenchHigh is better

67%+24%

SWE-bench

High is better

46%

SWE-benchHigh is better

66.8%+45%

GPQA

High is better

64.2%

GPQAHigh is better

81%+26%

TTFT

Low is better

+100%110 ms

TTFTLow is better

220 ms

Speed

High is better

+57%180 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

115 tok/s

In $

Low is better

+150%$0.04/1M

In $Low is better

$0.1/1M

Out $

Low is better

+300%$0.1/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.4/1M

Context

High is better

33k

ContextHigh is better

1M+3100%

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Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 69% with Doubao Lite 1.5

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Doubao Lite 1.5$2.90 / mo

In: $1.40Out: $1.50

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking$9.50 / mo

In: $3.50Out: $6.00

Estimated Cost Delta

Doubao Lite 1.5 is estimated to save $6.60/month ($79/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking:Pick Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Doubao Lite 1.5:Pick Doubao Lite 1.5 when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Higher SWE-bench (66.8%).

High-volume chatDoubao Lite 1.5

Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIDoubao Lite 1.5

Lower TTFT (110 ms).

Long-document RAGGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Higher SWE-bench (66.8%).
High-volume chat	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower TTFT (110 ms).
Long-document RAG	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE

ByteDance

Doubao Lite 1.5

Elo 1,360

LiveBench54%

SWE-bench46%

Speed180 tok/s

Output cost$0.1/1M

Google

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Elo 1,490

LiveBench67%

SWE-bench66.8%

Speed115 tok/s

Output cost$0.4/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,490). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking leads SWE-bench at 66.8% vs 46%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Doubao Lite 1.5 output tokens are $0.1/1M versus $0.4/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking?: Doubao Lite 1.5 has the lower time-to-first-token (110 ms vs 220 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking accepts 1M tokens versus 33k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Doubao Lite 1.5 and Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Doubao Lite 1.5 vs Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Doubao Lite 1.5 (4)vsGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (6)

Doubao Lite 1.5: 4W (40%)Overall: Gemini 2.0 Flash ThinkingGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 6W (60%)

← Doubao Lite 1.5Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking →

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,360vs1,490

Coding Elo

1,320vs1,515

SWE-bench

46%vs66.8%

LiveBench

54%vs67%

GPQA Diamond

64.2%vs81%

Doubao Lite 1.5: 0WGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 5W

Doubao Lite 1.5 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

180 tok/svs115 tok/s

Time to first token

110 msvs220 ms

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 0W

Doubao Lite 1.5 (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.1/1Mvs$0.4/1M

Input price

$0.04/1Mvs$0.1/1M

Context window

33kvs1M

Doubao Lite 1.5: 2WGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking: 1W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Higher SWE-bench (66.8%).

High-volume chatDoubao Lite 1.5

Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIDoubao Lite 1.5

Lower TTFT (110 ms).

Long-document RAGGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionGemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Higher SWE-bench (66.8%).
High-volume chat	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower output list price ($0.1/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Doubao Lite 1.5	Lower TTFT (110 ms).
Long-document RAG	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking	Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,490). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking leads SWE-bench at 66.8% vs 46%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Doubao Lite 1.5 output tokens are $0.1/1M versus $0.4/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Doubao Lite 1.5 or Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking?

Doubao Lite 1.5 has the lower time-to-first-token (110 ms vs 220 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking accepts 1M tokens versus 33k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Doubao Lite 1.5 and Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.