Seed 1.6
by ByteDance Seed · bytedance-seed/seed-1.6
Seed 1.6 is a general-purpose model released by the ByteDance Seed team. It incorporates multimodal capabilities and adaptive deep thinking with a 256K context window.
- Input / 1M tokens
- $0.25
- Output / 1M tokens
- $2.00
- Context
- 262K
Specs
| Input price | $0.25 / 1M tokens |
|---|---|
| Output price | $2.00 / 1M tokens |
| Context window | 262K tokens |
| Max output | 32.8K tokens |
| Reads | image, text, video |
| Writes | text |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yes |
| Listed | Dec 23, 2025 |
List prices in USD, updated Oct 30, 2026. Providers may charge differently.
Providers
1 provider serves this model, as of Oct 30, 2026, 18:12 UTC.
| Provider | Quantization | Context | Max output | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Uptime (30 min) | Latency (median) | Throughput (median) | Supports | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | fp8 | 262K | 32.8K | $0.25 | $2.00 | 100% | 899 ms | 32 tok/s | Normal |
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