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Seed 1.6 Flash

text+image+video->text

Seed 1.6 Flash is a compact variant — chosen for high throughput and low cost rather than absolute capability. Available via bytedance-seed. 262K-token context. Budget pricing.

Seed 1.6 Flash is a multimodal AI model from bytedance-seed. It costs $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.300 per million output tokens (blended $0.142/M), with a 262K-token context window.

Modalities text, vision, videoPricing source ↗Compare with another model →Estimate monthly cost →
INPUT
$0.075/M
per million input tokens
OUTPUT
$0.300/M
per million output tokens
BLENDED 70/30
$0.142/M
default reference rate · how it's calculated →
CONTEXT
262K
262,144 tokens
What it's good at
  • Sub-second latency
  • Affordable at scale
  • Good for routing & classification
  • Multimodal: handles images alongside text
Typical use cases
  • Routing & classification
  • Bulk summarisation
  • Realtime chat UX
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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Seed 1.6
text+image+video->text · 262K ctx
in $0.250/Mout $2.000/M
Frequently asked questions

How much does Seed 1.6 Flash cost?

Seed 1.6 Flash costs $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.300 per million output tokens, for a blended reference rate of $0.142 per million tokens.

What is Seed 1.6 Flash's context window?

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

What is Seed 1.6 Flash best for?

Seed 1.6 Flash is well suited to Sub-second latency, Affordable at scale and Good for routing & classification.

Who makes Seed 1.6 Flash?

Seed 1.6 Flash is developed and served by bytedance-seed.