Text model
Seed-1.6
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 is a language model from ByteDance Seed you can call on the OceanToken API at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 262K-token context window and up to 33K output tokens; it supports reasoning, tool calling, image input.
At a glance
| Model ID | bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 |
|---|---|
| Type | Text |
| Publisher | ByteDance Seed |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens |
| Max output | 32,768 tokens |
| Input price | $0.25 per 1M tokens |
| Output price | $2.00 per 1M tokens |
| Capabilities | reasoning, tool calling, image input |
| Endpoint | /v1/chat/completions, /v1/responses |
| API shape | OpenAI-compatible |
| In the catalog since | 2025-12-23 |
| Scheduled retirement | 2026-11-11 |
Call it
Base URL https://api.oceantoken.ai/v1, your OceanToken key as the bearer token, and the model ID above as model. The OpenAI SDKs work unchanged; see your first request.
curl https://api.oceantoken.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $OCEANTOKEN_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "bytedance-seed/seed-1.6", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'
Compared with similar models
Text models on OceanToken closest to bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 in price. Every price is what you pay, in US dollars, with no platform fee on top.
| Model | Publisher | Context | Price (per 1M tokens) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed-1.6 | ByteDance Seed | 262,144 | $0.25 / $2.00 |
Devstral 2512mistralai/devstral-2512 | Mistral AI | 262K | $0.40 / $2.00 |
Mistral Medium 3mistralai/mistral-medium-3 | Mistral AI | 131K | $0.40 / $2.00 |
Mistral Medium 3.1mistralai/mistral-medium-3.1 | Mistral AI | 131K | $0.40 / $2.00 |
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