Seed 1.6 Flash

ByteDance SeedMCP Tool Call
bytedance-seed/seed-1-6-flashClosed API

Low-latency ByteDance Seed model for high-throughput chat, extraction, and lightweight tool use

Benchmark Pricing$0.07 / 1M in$0.30 / 1M out$0.01 cache read
Context: 256,000 tokens•Max Output: 32,000 tokens•Released: 2025-08-28

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window256,000256K tokens
Max Output32,00032K tokens
LicenseProprietaryCloud API only
Input Modalities
TextVisionVideo
Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)
Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Seed 1.6 Flash natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 256,000 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Seed 1.6 Flash via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.BYTEDANCE-SEED_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "bytedance-seed/seed-1-6-flash",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

PRICING BY PROVIDER

6 providers
LLM Gatewaybytedance/seed-1-6-flash-250715
$0.07 / $0.30$0.01 cache
AI/ML APIbytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash
$0.10 / $0.41
Volcengine Arkdoubao-seed-1-6-flash-250828
$0.02 / $0.22$0.00 cache
Ofoxvolcengine/doubao-seed-1-6-flash
$0.03 / $0.22$0.00 cache
DevPass (LLM Gateway)seed-1-6-flash-250715
$0.07 / $0.30$0.01 cache
OpenRouterbytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash
$0.07 / $0.30

Rates in USD per 1M tokens. Rates synchronized from models.dev public catalog.

Prompt Caching Active

This model supports prompt caching at $0.01 / 1M tokens, saving up to 79% on repetitive MCP tool definitions and system instructions.