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Model registry / ByteDance / Seed / Seed 2.1 Turbo

Seed 2.1 Turbo

Faster ByteDance Seed 2.1 model for multimodal reasoning and latency-sensitive agent workflows

Line

Seed

Weights

API only

Released

2026-06-23

Context

256K

Input

$0.4453 / 1M

Output

$2.23 / 1M

Max output

256K

Coverage

not covered yet

Overview

Seed 2.1 Turbo is a faster variant of ByteDance's Seed 2.1 model, designed for multimodal reasoning and latency-sensitive agent workflows. It is part of the seed line and was released on 2026-06-23, the same day as Seed 2.1 Pro. It has a context window of 256,000 tokens and a maximum output of 256,000 tokens. It accepts image, text, and video input and returns text. It supports reasoning mode and tool calling. The weights are not open. Pricing starts at $0.4453 per million input tokens and $2.23 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.0891 per million tokens.

Specs

Released2026-06-23
LineByteDance · Seed
WeightsAPI only
Context256K tokens
Max output256K tokens
Inputimage, text, video
Outputtext
ReasoningYes
Tool callingYes
Knowledge cutoffnot stated
API iddoubao-seed-2-1-turbo-260628

Pricing

Input$0.4453 / 1M tokens
Cached input$0.0891 / 1M tokens
Output$2.23 / 1M tokens

Against Seed 2.0 Pro: input $0.475 to $0.4453, output $2.37 to $2.23, cached input $0.095 to $0.0891.

Strengths

  • 256k token context and output window
  • Accepts image, text, and video input
  • Supports reasoning mode and tool calling
  • Designed for latency-sensitive agent workflows

Best for

  • Reach for it for multimodal reasoning on image, text, and video
  • Reach for it for latency-sensitive agent workflows
  • Reach for it for tool-calling agents with long context

How to access

ProviderModel id
Volcengine Arkdoubao-seed-2-1-turbo-260628

1 host serve this model at the price above · the maker's documentation

Seed: every version

VersionReleasedContextInput
Seed 2.1 ProCurrent2026-06-23256K$0.8906
Seed 2.1 Turbo2026-06-23256K$0.4453
Seed 2.0 Code2026-02-14262K$0.475
Seed 2.0 Lite2026-02-14256K$0.08
Seed 2.0 Mini2026-02-14256K$0.0297
Seed 2.0 Pro2026-02-14256K$0.475

The registry keeps the six most recent versions of a line. Older ones stay in the file and can be surfaced without a rebuild.

FAQ

What is the context window and output limit?
Context window is 256,000 tokens, and max output is also 256,000 tokens.
What input modalities does it support?
It accepts image, text, and video input, and returns text output.
What is the pricing?
Input from $0.4453 per million tokens, output from $2.23 per million tokens, cached input from $0.0891 per million tokens.
ProprietaryReasoning256K context