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Seed 1.6 Flash

Low-latency ByteDance Seed model for high-throughput chat, extraction, and lightweight tool use

6 providers · 6 listingsreleased closed weights
$0.022
lowest input /M · Volcengine Ark
$0.22
lowest output /M · Ofox
262K
context window
256K
max output

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6 providers list Seed 1.6 Flash. The cheapest full-context option is Volcengine Ark at $0.022/$0.223 per M. Listed prices span 1.9× for identical weights.

6 listings
Cache read /MCache write /MCapabilitiesStatus
Volcengine Ark
doubao-seed-1-6-flash-250828
$0.022$0.223$0.0044—256KreasoningtoolsstructuredvisionAug 28, 2025
Ofox
volcengine/doubao-seed-1-6-flash
$0.03$0.22$0.0043—256Kno reasoningtoolsstructuredvisionAug 28, 2025
LLM Gateway
bytedance/seed-1-6-flash-250715
$0.07$0.3$0.015—256Kreasoningtoolsno structuredvisionJul 26, 2025
DevPass (LLM Gateway)
seed-1-6-flash-250715
$0.07$0.3$0.015—256KreasoningtoolsstructuredvisionJul 26, 2025
Kilo Gateway
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash
$0.075$0.3——262KreasoningtoolsstructuredvisionDec 23, 2025
OpenRouter
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash
$0.075$0.3——262KreasoningtoolsstructuredvisionDec 23, 2025
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Best price history

Daily lowest published price across live providers. A lower line is better for the buyer.

Best input /M
$0.022▼ 25.8%
Best output /M
$0.223▲ 1.2%
Provider coverage
6
5 at the start · 24 snapshots
Best published input and output price historyDaily lowest published price per one million tokens. Accent is input price and violet is output price. The vertical scale starts at zero.$0$0.12$0.24Aug 21, 2026Sep 1, 2026Sep 14, 2026
Best input priceBest output priceAug 21, 2026 → Sep 14, 2026

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Recent changes

Changelog →
  • capabilityvia volcengine · Aug 28, 2026
    • reasoning: false → true
  • capabilityvia ofox · Aug 28, 2026
    • structured_output: — → true
  • capabilityvia ofox · Aug 27, 2026
    • attachment: false → true
    • modalities.input: text → text,image
  • capabilityvia volcengine · Aug 27, 2026
    • attachment: false → true
    • modalities.input: text → text,image
  • new providervia volcengine · Aug 26, 2026

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