Model comparison
Seed 1.6 vs ByteDance-Seed/Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
Compare Seed 1.6 and ByteDance-Seed/Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct: input/output $/Mtoken, context window, modalities, and license. OpenRouter-synced pricing.
Bytedance
Seed 1.6
Multimodal reasoning model for visual analysis, planning, and tool use
Bytedance
ByteDance-Seed/Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
Tool-capable chat model for instruction following and agentic application workflows
| Metric | Seed 1.6 | ByteDance-Seed/Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Bytedance | Bytedance |
| Context window | 256,000 | 262,000 |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.250 | $0 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0 |
| Modalities | text, vision | text |
| License | closed | closed |
Quick take
On input price, ByteDance-Seed/Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is cheaper at $0/Mtok. For context window, ByteDance-Seed/Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct leads with 262,000 tokens.
Pick based on your workload: high-volume cheap inference vs long-document / agent loops. Enterprise DNA can wire either model into Omni with evals, secrets, and job orchestration.