ByteDance Seed Seed 1.6 Flash vs Qwen3 32B
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Seed 1.6 Flash accepts longer prompts: 262K vs 131K tokens.
- Seed 1.6 Flash is the newer model (released 2025-12-23).
| Seed 1.6 Flash | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | ByteDance Seed | Qwen |
| Released | 2025-12-23 | 2025-04-28 |
| Input / 1M | $0.075 | $0.08 |
| Output / 1M | $0.30 | $0.28 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.131 | $0.13 |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 33K | 16K |
| Accepts | text, image, video | text |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 3 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.30 | $0.28 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 99.75% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | Operational |
Cost calculator
Seed 1.6 Flash
$9.00 per month$0.30 per day
Qwen3 32B
$9.00 per month$0.30 per day
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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