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Seed 1.6

text+image+video->text

Seed 1.6 is a general-purpose chat-tuned model. Available via bytedance-seed. 262K-token context. Efficient pricing.

Seed 1.6 is a multimodal AI model from bytedance-seed. It costs $0.250 per million input tokens and $2.000 per million output tokens (blended $0.775/M), with a 262K-token context window.

Modalities text, vision, videoPricing source ↗Compare with another model →Estimate monthly cost →
INPUT
$0.250/M
per million input tokens
OUTPUT
$2.000/M
per million output tokens
BLENDED 70/30
$0.775/M
default reference rate · how it's calculated →
CONTEXT
262K
262,144 tokens
What it's good at
  • Solid general chat performance
  • Reasonable instruction following
  • Multimodal: handles images alongside text
Typical use cases
  • General chat
  • Drafting and rewriting
  • Personal productivity
Benchmarks
No published benchmark scores tracked for this model yet. Frontier and reasoning models from major providers have scores; smaller models and inference-host variants typically inherit the underlying open-weights score.
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text+image+video->text · 262K ctx
in $0.075/Mout $0.300/M
Frequently asked questions

How much does Seed 1.6 cost?

Seed 1.6 costs $0.250 per million input tokens and $2.000 per million output tokens, for a blended reference rate of $0.775 per million tokens.

What is Seed 1.6's context window?

Seed 1.6 supports up to 262K tokens of context (262,144 tokens).

What is Seed 1.6 best for?

Seed 1.6 is well suited to Solid general chat performance, Reasonable instruction following and Multimodal: handles images alongside text.

Who makes Seed 1.6?

Seed 1.6 is developed and served by bytedance-seed.