Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 | OpenAI: GPT-5 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | bytedance-seed | openai |
| Context Window | 262,144 | 400,000 |
| Max Output Tokens | 32,768 | 128,000 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.2500 | $0.2500 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $2.00 | $2.00 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $150 | $150 |
| Vision | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | Other | GPT |
| MMLU Score | N/A | 83.7 |
| GPQA | N/A | 82.8 |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.2500
Current Output / 1M
$2.00
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.2500
Current Output / 1M
$2.00
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
100.0%
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
99.8%
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6
$150
per month
Lower costOpenAI: GPT-5 Mini
$150
per month
Live Recommendation
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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