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Seed 1.6 Flash vs o3 Deep Research

Compare Seed 1.6 Flash from bytedance-seed and o3 Deep Research from OpenAI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

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Seed 1.6 Flash
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o3 Deep Research
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Seed 1.6 Flash
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o3 Deep Research

Overview

Seed 1.6 Flash
Author
bytedance-seed
o3 Deep Research
Author
OpenAI
Seed 1.6 Flash
Context length
262Ktokens
o3 Deep Research
Context length
200Ktokens
Seed 1.6 Flash
Reasoning
o3 Deep Research
Reasoning
Seed 1.6 Flash
Input modalities
o3 Deep Research
Input modalities
Seed 1.6 Flash
Output modalities
o3 Deep Research
Output modalities

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