ByteDance · Released Dec 23, 2025

Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash is an ultra-fast multimodal deep thinking model by ByteDance Seed, supporting both text and visual understanding. It features a 256k context window and can generate outputs of...

ReasoningVision
Released
Dec 23 2025
Context window
262K 33K out
Input / 1M tokens
$0.075 from $0.022
Output / 1M tokens
$0.30 from $0.22

Where to run it

6 providers compared

Cheapest: Qiniu at $0.022 / $0.22 per 1M input / output tokens — 61% less than the priciest option.

ProviderInputOutputCache readContextMax outputUptimevs. best
Qiniu $0.022 $0.22 —256K32K— Cheapest
Volcengine Ark $0.022 $0.22 $0.004256K32K— +2%
Ofox $0.03 $0.22 $0.004256K32K— +10%
SeedFP8 $0.075 $0.30 —262K33K100%24h +86%
Kilo Gateway $0.075 $0.30 —262K33K— +86%
AI/ML API $0.10 $0.41 —262K33K— +155%

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

No benchmark scores yet — Epoch AI hasn't evaluated Seed 1.6 Flash. Scores appear here automatically once it does.

Specs

Details

Model ID
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash
Developer
ByteDance
Release date
Dec 23, 2025 ·
Context window
262,144 tokens
Max output
32,768 tokens
API price
$0.075 / $0.30 per 1M input / output tokens
Providers
6
Input types
image, text, video
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Open weights
No
Free tier
No

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