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Seed 1.6
Seed 1.6 is a general-purpose model released by the ByteDance Seed team. It incorporates multimodal capabilities and adaptive deep thinking with a 256K context window.
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Model summary
Seed 1.6 is a general-purpose model released by the ByteDance Seed team. It incorporates multimodal capabilities and adaptive deep thinking with a 256K context window.
- Output
- Text
- Capabilities
- 4
- Catalog updated
- 2026-09-27T23:55:43.000Z
- Status
Provider coverage
| Provider | Input | Output | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter Seed 1.6 | Pricing unavailable | ||
| Kilo Gateway ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 | Pricing unavailable | ||
| Volcengine Ark Seed 1.6 | Pricing unavailable |