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ByteDance

Seed 1.6

ByteDance Seed model for long-context reasoning, instruction following, and tool-assisted tasks

Model facts

Context window
256K tokens
Maximum output
64K tokens
Cheapest paid input
$0.12 per 1M tokens
Cheapest paid output
$0.29 per 1M tokens
Open weights
no
Providers
4

Capabilities and modalities

reasoning, tool calling, structured output, attachments, temperature control, text, image, video.

Observed price history

  • 2026-08-24: $0.12 input / $0.29 output per 1M tokens

API providers

  • Ofox — model id volcengine/doubao-seed-1-6; $0.12 input / $0.29 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Volcengine Ark — model id doubao-seed-1-6-251015; $0.119 input / $1.19 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • OpenRouter — model id bytedance-seed/seed-1.6; $0.25 input / $2 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation
  • Vercel AI Gateway — model id bytedance/seed-1.6; $0.25 input / $2 output per 1M tokens; provider documentation