Compare ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 (OpenRouter) and Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest (OpenRouter) by price, context, capabilities, and latency.
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Compare price, provider, context, capabilities, latency, and source basis.
| Model | Provider | Input | Output | Context | Capabilities | Best for | Latency | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 | OpenRouter | $0.048 / 1M tokens | $0.376 / 1M tokens | 262.1k | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1000-3000ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
| Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest~anthropic/claude-haiku-latest | OpenRouter | $0.188 / 1M tokens | $0.94 / 1M tokens | 200k | StreamingTool callingJSON modeVision | image understanding, multimodal chat | 1000-3000ms | Catalog | Platform curated |
FAQ
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 is cheaper ($0.048 / 1M tokens input / $0.376 / 1M tokens output) vs Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest ($0.188 / 1M tokens input / $0.94 / 1M tokens output). Actual cost depends on your input/output token mix — estimate it with the pricing calculator.
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 is larger (262.1k tokens) vs 200k tokens.
Both target Vision. Pick ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 to optimize cost, or ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 for the longer context window. Test both on real prompts before committing production traffic.