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Seed 1.6 Flash vs Seed 2.0 Lite

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Seed 1.6 Flash wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Has reasoning mode

Seed 2.0 Lite wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics
Price Advantage
Seed 1.6 Flash
Benchmark Advantage
Seed 1.6 Flash
Context Window
Seed 2.0 Lite
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureSeed 1.6 FlashSeed 2.0 Lite
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertySeed 1.6 FlashSeed 2.0 Lite
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorBytedance-seedBytedance-seed
ReleasedDec 2025Mar 2026

Seed 1.6 Flash Modalities

Input
imagetextvideo
Output
text

Seed 2.0 Lite Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Seed 1.6 Flash has cheaper input pricing at $0.07/M tokens. Seed 1.6 Flash has cheaper output pricing at $0.30/M tokens.
Seed 1.6 Flash has a 262,144 token context window, while Seed 2.0 Lite has a 262,144 token context window.
Seed 1.6 Flash supports vision. Seed 2.0 Lite supports vision.