by Bytedance Seed

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash.

multimodal open weights 262K ctx
Cheapest input
$0.075/M
on OpenRouter
Cheapest output
$0.3/M
on OpenRouter
Fastest
121 tok/s
on OpenRouter
Hosted equiv.
~$0.11/hr
@ 100 tok/s on OpenRouter

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...

Where to use it

Cheapest hosted endpoints.

Provider Access $/M in $/M out
OpenRouter api aggregator $0.075 $0.3 Launch ↗
Performance

Speed across providers.

Tokens/sec and time-to-first-token measured against the same prompt template on each provider's API.

Provider Tokens/sec TTFT Total
OpenRouter 121.0 4526 ms 5626 ms
FAQ

Frequently asked.

How do I run ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash?
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash is open-weight, so you can self-host on rented GPUs. See the Run It Yourself tab for GPU configurations + cost estimates, or use one of the hosted inference providers listed on this page.
Where can I access ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash?
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash is available via OpenRouter. Each access option lists its own pricing (per million tokens or hourly hosting).
How much does it cost to run ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash?
API pricing starts at $0.075/M input tokens and $0.3/M output tokens. Self-hosting cost depends on the GPU you rent — see the Run It Yourself tab.
Is ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash open-source or proprietary?
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash is open-weight under the license. You can download and self-host it.