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Seed OSS 36B Instruct vs GPT-5.4

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Seed OSS 36B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Better at math

GPT-5.4 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Seed OSS 36B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.4
Context Window
GPT-5.4
Speed
GPT-5.4

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureSeed OSS 36B InstructGPT-5.4
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertySeed OSS 36B InstructGPT-5.4
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorBytedance-seedOpenAI
ReleasedUnknownMar 2026

Seed OSS 36B Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

GPT-5.4 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Seed OSS 36B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.90/M tokens. Seed OSS 36B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 41.0, compared to Seed OSS 36B Instruct's score of 16.7.
Seed OSS 36B Instruct has a 262,000 token context window, while GPT-5.4 has a 1,050,000 token context window.
Seed OSS 36B Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5.4 supports vision.