Seed 1.6 vs Seed-2.0-Lite

Seed 1.6 at $0.287 in and $2.30 out and Seed-2.0-Lite at $0.287 in and $2.30 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Seed 1.6

ByteDance Seed

0.33¢

for a client proposal

$0.287 in · $2.30 out / 1M

262K context · released December 2025

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Seed-2.0-Lite

ByteDance Seed

0.33¢

for a client proposal

$0.287 in · $2.30 out / 1M

262K context · released 6 months ago

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.66¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Identical context windows: 262K tokens each.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Seed 1.6

0.17¢

Seed-2.0-Lite

0.17¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Seed 1.6

0.33¢

Seed-2.0-Lite

0.33¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Seed 1.6

$0.11

Seed-2.0-Lite

$0.11

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Seed 1.6

1.2¢

Seed-2.0-Lite

1.2¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Seed 1.6

$0.16

Seed-2.0-Lite

$0.16

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Seed 1.6

Seed-2.0-Lite

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Seed 1.6

Seed-2.0-Lite

Input / 1M tokens

$0.287

Output / 1M tokens

$2.30

Specs

Seed 1.6

Seed-2.0-Lite

Provider

ByteDance Seed

Released

December 2025

6 months ago

Context window

262K

Max output

33K

131K

Input

Images, Text, and Video

Text, Images, and Video

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

—

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Seed 1.6

ByteDance Seed

0.17¢

for this task

33% input · 67% output

Full pricing →

Seed-2.0-Lite

ByteDance Seed

0.17¢

for this task

33% input · 67% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.34¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 1,449 of these.

Which should you pick?

On price they are identical: about 0.33¢ for a typical task each.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

Seed 1.6 pricing →Seed-2.0-Lite pricing →Add Lyria 3 Clip Preview Add Grok 4.20

Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Seed 1.6 or Seed-2.0-Lite?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 0.33¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

They are identical — 262K tokens each, about 370 pages.

Can I run Seed 1.6 and Seed-2.0-Lite side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.66¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.66¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.