Last refreshed 2026-07-10. Next refresh: weekly.
Why use Seed 1.6 Flash on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Seed 1.6 Flash with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.07/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
Compare Seed 1.6 Flash across 2 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
$0.075
Output / 1M
$0.30
Cache
Not sourced
Batch
Not sourced
Setup recipe
Docs fallbackInstall
Use the provider REST API or SDKAuth
Create a provider API keyCall
model: bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flashModel ID
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flashRequest example
Curated snippets for this provider are not sourced yet. Use OpenRouter documentation with model ID
bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash", not the LLMReference slug "seed-1.6-flash".
Compare Seed 1.6 Flash Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Volcengine | — | — |
| OpenRouter | $0.07 | $0.30 |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.07 |
| Output tokens | $0.30 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs
About Seed 1.6 Flash
Seed 1.6 Flash is ByteDance Seed's ultra-fast multimodal thinking model supporting text and visual understanding at 256K context, optimized for low-latency inference.
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Model Specs
Released2026-03-01
Context256k
ArchitectureDecoder Only