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Seed 1.6 vs Seed 2.0 Lite

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Seed 1.6 wins:

  • Has reasoning mode

Seed 2.0 Lite wins:

  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
Seed 1.6
Benchmark Advantage
Seed 2.0 Lite
Context Window
Seed 2.0 Lite
Speed
Seed 2.0 Lite

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

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

License & Release

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

Seed 1.6 Modalities

Input
imagetextvideo
Output
text

Seed 2.0 Lite Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Seed 1.6 has cheaper input pricing at $0.25/M tokens. Seed 1.6 has cheaper output pricing at $2.00/M tokens.
Seed 1.6 has a 262,144 token context window, while Seed 2.0 Lite has a 262,144 token context window.
Seed 1.6 supports vision. Seed 2.0 Lite supports vision.