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-CF$0.00 9.7%
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CNReasoningSEED-1.6-THINK Live · updated daily

seed-1.6-thinking

ByteDance Seed
Efficiency score
90/100
13.2%
Input price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
Output price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
Context window
262K
Throughput
144tok/s
Availability
97.1%
Cost / task
$0.000

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Vision
Produces (output)
Text

7-day heat trend

13.2%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K
Output price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K
Blended price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$0.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$0.00/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$0.00/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 43% of tracked models
  • Faster than 43% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #120 of 1105

Best suited for

Complex reasoning, analysis, planning and multi-step problem solving where answer quality matters more than raw cost.

About seed-1.6-thinking

Seed 1.6 Thinking is a ByteDance Seed multimodal reasoning model for image, video, and text analysis.

seed-1.6-thinking is a Reasoning model from ByteDance Seed (CN). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K-token context window, ~144 tokens/sec throughput and 97.1% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 90/100 at an estimated $0.000 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does seed-1.6-thinking cost per 1M tokens?+

seed-1.6-thinking is tracked at $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $0.00 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is seed-1.6-thinking best for?+

Complex reasoning, analysis, planning and multi-step problem solving where answer quality matters more than raw cost.

How fast is seed-1.6-thinking?+

seed-1.6-thinking delivers about 144 tokens/sec with 97.1% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is seed-1.6-thinking cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, seed-1.6-thinking is cheaper than 43% of models on input price and ranks #120 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.