Doubao 1.5 Pro vs Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo: which model should you choose?
We compared Doubao 1.5 Pro and Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Doubao 1.5 Pro has the stronger average benchmark score; Doubao 1.5 Pro is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Doubao 1.5 Pro
Doubao 1.5 Pro is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 200,000-token context window, costs $13.65 per million input tokens and $48.98 per million output tokens, and averages 79.7 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $13.65 / 1M
- Output
- $48.98 / 1M
- Context
- 200,000
- Avg score
- 79.7
- Open weights
- No
Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo
Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 128,000-token context window, costs $13.81 per million input tokens and $71.10 per million output tokens, and averages 79.4 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $13.81 / 1M
- Output
- $71.10 / 1M
- Context
- 128,000
- Avg score
- 79.4
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Doubao 1.5 Pro | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $13.65 | $13.81 | A |
| Output price / 1M | $48.98 | $71.10 | A |
| Context window | 200,000 | 128,000 | A |
| Max output | 128,000 | 65,536 | A |
| Average score | 79.7 | 79.4 | A |
| Arena Elo | 1428.3 | 1433.0 | B |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Doubao 1.5 Pro wins 7, Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo wins 5, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Doubao 1.5 Pro | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 82.8 | 80.3 | 2.5 | Doubao 1.5 Pro |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.1 | 75.4 | 2.3 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.4 | 67.7 | 2.7 | Doubao 1.5 Pro |
| HumanEval | 82.6 | 85.0 | 2.4 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo |
| MATH-500 | 84.4 | 81.4 | 3.0 | Doubao 1.5 Pro |
| AIME 2025 | 75.2 | 75.6 | 0.4 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo |
| LiveCodeBench | 73.7 | 72.3 | 1.4 | Doubao 1.5 Pro |
| IFEval | 85.5 | 88.9 | 3.4 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo |
| TruthfulQA | 81.6 | 80.9 | 0.7 | Doubao 1.5 Pro |
| HellaSwag | 88.9 | 88.2 | 0.7 | Doubao 1.5 Pro |
| MMMU | 79.0 | 77.6 | 1.4 | Doubao 1.5 Pro |
| Arena Elo | 1428.3 | 1433.0 | 4.7 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Doubao 1.5 Pro costs about $22.48 per million tokens and Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo costs about $28.13. Doubao 1.5 Pro is roughly 20% cheaper than Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Doubao 1.5 Pro has the larger context window at 200,000 tokens, compared with 128,000 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro wins 7, Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo wins 5, and 0 are tied. On the index average, Doubao 1.5 Pro leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo by 0.3 points (79.7 versus 79.4).
The price picture favours Doubao 1.5 Pro. The context picture favours Doubao 1.5 Pro. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with Doubao 1.5 Pro for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
- You need the larger 200,000-token context window.
- You need the larger 128,000-token output limit.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo if
- You prefer ByteDance's tooling or already use it.
FAQ
Is Doubao 1.5 Pro better than Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo?
On the index average, Doubao 1.5 Pro leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo by 0.3 points (79.7 versus 79.4). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Doubao 1.5 Pro wins 7 benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo wins 5.
Which is cheaper, Doubao 1.5 Pro or Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo?
Doubao 1.5 Pro is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $22.48 per million tokens, versus $28.13 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo.
Which has the larger context window?
Doubao 1.5 Pro has the larger context window at 200,000 tokens. Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo has 128,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Doubao 1.5 Pro is proprietary; Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Doubao 1.5 Pro for quality-sensitive work, and check whether its price holds at your expected volume before committing.