Seed 1.6 Flash API pricing
As of October 21, 2026, ByteDance Seed Seed 1.6 Flash costs $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens through OpenRouter.
Seed 1.6 Flash benchmarks and specs · Every ByteDance Seed model's price
- Input, per million tokens$0.075
- Output, per million tokens$0.30
- Cached input, per millionNo cache price listed
- Context window262K tokens
- Max output33K tokens
- Output speedNot measured
What a request costs
Three fixed token mixes at the list price, without cache or batch discounts. For a whole month, use the calculator.
| Workload | Tokens | One request | 1,000 requests | Fits the context window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat turn | 1K input + 500 output tokens | $0.0002 | $0.225 | Yes |
| Repository review | 50K input + 3K output tokens | $0.0046 | $4.65 | Yes |
| Agent loop | 200K input + 10K output tokens | $0.018 | $18.00 | Yes |
| Solved coding task | One SWE-bench Verified attempt, divided by the share that succeed | Not computable | Not computable |
Price history
We read this price every day and have since October 15, 2026. It has not changed yet; any change will be listed here with its date.
- October 15, 2026 First recorded: $0.075 input, $0.30 output
Cheaper models as good as Seed 1.6 Flash
Seed 1.6 Flash has no overall or coding score, so we make no quality claim against it.
Seed 1.6 Flash pricing questions
- How much does Seed 1.6 Flash cost per million tokens?
- $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens, as listed on OpenRouter on October 21, 2026.
- Does Seed 1.6 Flash support prompt caching?
- OpenRouter lists no cached input price for this model, so assume every input token is billed at the full rate.
- Has the price of Seed 1.6 Flash changed?
- Not since we started recording it daily on October 15, 2026.