Seed 1.6
Seed 1.6 is ByteDance's language model with a 262K context window and up to 33K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.250 / 1M input and $2.00 / 1M output. A general-purpose multimodal LLM from ByteDance Seed featuring adaptive deep thinking, tool use, and a 256K context window for complex real-world tasks.
ByteDance's language model with a 262K context window and up to 33K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.250 / 1M input and $2.00 / 1M output. A general-purpose multimodal LLM from ByteDance Seed featuring adaptive deep thinking, tool use, and a 256K context window for complex real-world tasks.Capabilities
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Pricing by Provider
| Provider | Standard | ||
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| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | |
 OpenRouter | $0.250 | $2.00 | N/A |
 Vercel AI Gateway | $0.250 | $2.00 | $0.050 |
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Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
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| Seed-2.0-Lite | 262K | $0.250 | $2.00 | Available | |
| Seed-2.0-Mini | 262K | $0.100 | $0.400 | Available | |
| Bytedance Seed 1.8 | 256K | $0.250 | $2.00 | Available | |
| Seed 1.6 | 262K | $0.250 | $2.00 | Current | |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | 262K | $0.075 | $0.300 | Available | |
| Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct | — | — | — | — | Available |