Seed 1.6
text+image+video->text
Seed 1.6 is a general-purpose chat-tuned model. Available via bytedance-seed. 262,144-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 262,144-token context window.
INPUT
$0.250/M
per million input tokens
OUTPUT
$2.000/M
per million output tokens
CONTEXT
262,144
tokens
What it is 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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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 262,144 tokens of context in a single request.
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.