Last refreshed 2026-07-10. Next refresh: weekly.
Why use Seed 1.6 on Volcengine?
Volcengine offers Seed 1.6 with competitive pricing. Volcengine is ByteDance's cloud platform offering comprehensive AI APIs including Doubao LLMs for multimodal generation and inference with Chinese market optimization.
Compare Seed 1.6 across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseInput / 1M
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model: doubao-seed-1-6-251015Model ID
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doubao-seed-1-6-251015.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "doubao-seed-1-6-251015", not the LLMReference slug "seed-1.6".
Compare Seed 1.6 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.25 | $2.00 |
| Volcengine | — | — |
| OpenRouter | $0.25 | $2.00 |
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs
About Seed 1.6
Seed 1.6 is a general-purpose multimodal model from ByteDance Seed supporting text, image, and video inputs. It incorporates multimodal capabilities and deep thinking for complex tasks at 256K context.
Model Specs
Released2026-03-01
Context256k
ArchitectureDecoder Only