Model overview
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.
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Key features
- Supports multimodal inputs including image, text, and video
- Features adaptive deep thinking for enhanced reasoning tasks
- Offers a large 256K context window (262,144 tokens)
Limitations & considerations
Sources are insufficient to establish specific limitations. Verify task performance, latency, data policies, licensing and version lifecycle.
Source prices & cost analysis
Prices vary by channel, region and configuration. Channel quotes are listed independently and are not treated as a single official provider price.
| Source / channel | Input | Output | Billing unit | Collected at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter · bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 ↗ | USD 0.25 | USD 2 | Per million tokens | 2026/11/2 06:25:29 |
OpenRouter · bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 · 阶梯定价
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"min_prompt_tokens": 128000,
"prompt": "0.0000005",
"completion": "0.000004"
}
]Estimate monthly base token costs
Estimates exclude cache discounts, tiered pricing, multimodal surcharges, web search, taxes and additional reasoning output.
Public benchmarks & run configuration
暂无已采集的可核验公开评分。模型未上榜不代表能力较低。
View full indexed rankings →Frequently asked questions
What input modalities does Seed 1.6 support?
Seed 1.6 supports image, text, and video inputs.
Does Seed 1.6 support structured output generation?
Yes, 'structured_outputs' is listed among its tags, indicating support for structured output generation.
Is Seed 1.6 optimized for reasoning-intensive tasks?
Yes, 'reasoning' is explicitly listed as a tag, and the model incorporates adaptive deep thinking capabilities.
Do open weights permit free commercial use?
Not necessarily. Check the version license, commercial conditions and usage policies. Self-hosting incurs compute and maintenance costs.
Are these real-time billing prices?
These are timestamped source snapshots, not live billing prices. Check the channel for current versions, regions, discounts and billing methods.
Sources & traceability
许可证：来源未披露，须进一步核验。模型介绍与第三方评测均以原来源的具体版本和方法为准。