Dou Bao

Closed weights ByteDance August 2023

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
ByteDance
Organisation type
Industry
Country
China
Published
18 August 2023

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Language
Task
Chat, Language modeling/generation

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Hosted access (no API)
Training code
Unreleased

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Likely above 10²³ FLOP
Yes
Record confidence
Unknown

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

Dou Bao was published by ByteDance, in China, in August 2023. It comes out of industry.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing chat, Language modeling/generation.

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Answers

Dou Bao — common questions

01

How many parameters does Dou Bao have?

No parameter count has been published for Dou Bao, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

02

Who created Dou Bao?

Dou Bao was published by ByteDance, based in China, categorised as industry.

03

When was Dou Bao released?

Dou Bao was published in August 2023. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

04

What is Dou Bao used for?

Dou Bao works in Language, and is recorded as handling chat, Language modeling/generation. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

05

What GPU do I need to run Dou Bao?

None. Dou Bao is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

06

Is Dou Bao open source?

No. Dou Bao has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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