Seed 1.6
by ByteDance Seedbytedance-seed/seed-1.6
Seed 1.6 is deprecated. ByteDance Seed retires this model on 11 Nov 2026.
LLMCompare cannot run Seed 1.6 yet.No route to this model is configured on this site yet. Its prices and parameters are listed below for reference.
See the models that can be run nowSeed 1.6 at a glance
- Context length
- 262,144 tokens
- Maximum output
- 32,768 tokens
- Accepts
- Text, Image, Video
- Returns
- Text
- Features
- JSON outputTool callingImage input
- Reasoning effort levels
- Not supported
- Released
- 23 Dec 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not published
Model facts synced from the OpenRouter model list on 21 Oct 2026.
Seed 1.6 pricing by route
A route is the service LLMCompare calls to reach the model. Seed 1.6 has 1 route. Prices are in US dollars.
| Route | On LLMCompare | Inputper 1M tokens | Outputper 1M tokens | Price verified on | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterDefault | Not configured | $0.25 | $2.00 | openrouter.ai/bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 |
The cost shown in an LLMCompare report is calculated from these prices as they were at the time of the run.
Cost calculator
Estimate what a batch of calls to Seed 1.6 costs. The starting numbers are examples. Change them to match your task.
- Cost per call
- $0.0013
- 2 credits
- Cost of 100 calls
- $0.125
- 200 credits
Calculated from the OpenRouter prices verified on 21 Oct 2026. Credits are the cost plus a 20% service fee, at $0.001 per credit, rounded up for each call, with a minimum of 1 per call. A real run is charged for the usage the provider reports.
Parameters you can set
These are the parameters LLMCompare can set when it calls the model through OpenRouter.
| Parameter | Type | Range or options | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
temperature | Number | 0 to 2in steps of 0.1 | Provider default |
top_p | Number | 0 to 1in steps of 0.05 | Provider default |
max_tokens | Integer | 1 to 32,768 | Provider default |
response_format | One of | textjson_object | Provider default |
About 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.
Description as published for this model. LLMCompare has not edited it.
Models to compare with Seed 1.6
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Seed 2.1 TurboByteDance Seedbytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo | 262k | 236k | $0.50 | $2.50 | JSONToolsVision | No route yet | ||
Seed-2.0-MiniByteDance Seedbytedance-seed/seed-2.0-mini | 262k | 131k | $0.10 | $0.40 | ReasoningJSONToolsVision | No route yet | ||
Qwen3.6 27BQwenqwen/qwen3.6-27b | 262k | 65.5k | $0.25 | $2.00 | JSONToolsCacheVision | No route yet | ||
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Questions about Seed 1.6
- How much does Seed 1.6 cost?
- On the OpenRouter route, Seed 1.6 costs $0.25 per 1 million input tokens and $2.00 per 1 million output tokens, in US dollars. LLMCompare verified this price on 21 Oct 2026.
- What is the context length of Seed 1.6?
- Seed 1.6 has a context length of 262,144 tokens and returns up to 32,768 output tokens in one call.
- What inputs does Seed 1.6 accept?
- Seed 1.6 accepts these inputs: Text, Image, Video. Seed 1.6 returns: Text.
- Can I test Seed 1.6 on my own data?
- Not yet. LLMCompare lists the prices and parameters of Seed 1.6, but no route to Seed 1.6 is configured on LLMCompare, so it cannot be selected for an evaluation.