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ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 — pricing & benchmarks

By bytedance-seed · Updated 2026-07-24 · vision / documentsstep-by-step reasoning

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K context window. It is best suited for vision / documents, step-by-step reasoning, and is available through one OpenAI-compatible Appmo API key.
$0.25Input / 1M
$2Output / 1M
262KContext
—Intelligence
—Coding
—GPQA %
—Speed tok/s

What ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 is used for

ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 is best suited for vision / documents, step-by-step reasoning. Access it through one Appmo API key alongside 390 other models — Appmo's optimizer can route to it automatically when it is the best value for a request.

Use it via the Appmo API (OpenAI-compatible)

curl https://appmo.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APPMO_KEY" \
  -d '{"model":"bytedance-seed/seed-1.6","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

FAQ

How much does ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 cost?
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 costs $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens ($0.688 blended), as of 2026-07-24. Prices are expected to fall as competition increases.

What is ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 best for?
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 is best suited for vision / documents, step-by-step reasoning.

How do I use ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6?
Send requests to Appmo's OpenAI-compatible endpoint with model id "bytedance-seed/seed-1.6" and one API key — no separate provider account needed.