Seed 1.6 Flash vs o3 Deep Research: side-by-side summary

Seed 1.6 Flash and o3 Deep Research are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Seed 1.6 Flash, from bytedance-seed, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.075/M tokens input, $0.30/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

o3 Deep Research, from OpenAI, has a 200,000-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Seed 1.6 Flash: 262,144 tokens
• o3 Deep Research: 200,000 tokens

Price

• Seed 1.6 Flash: $0.075/M tokens input, $0.30/M tokens output
• o3 Deep Research: Pricing varies by provider

Provided by

• Seed 1.6 Flash: bytedance-seed
• o3 Deep Research: OpenAI

• Seed 1.6 Flash model details, providers and pricing
• o3 Deep Research model details, providers and pricing