- Score
- 9.4 (+0.27 points)
- Total Cost (Current Price)
- $0.183 · 90.4% cheaper
- Response Time (avg)
- 6.24s · 96.3% faster
Bytedance Seed
Release: 2026-08-12
Tested on: 2026-10-01 04:04
bytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo::high
~200B total (~20B active)MoEClosedEstimated
Summary
Seed 2.1 Turbo scores 9.1 on AI BENCHY and ranks #50. It has 10.0 reliability, a 79.7% pass rate, $1.892 total cost, and 170.52s average response time.
What makes Seed 2.1 Turbo unique: It uses unusually many reasoning tokens, which can help explain its slower or more expensive runs.
Recommended alternatives
We recommend choosing one of these models instead:
- Score
- 9.1 (+0.02 points)
- Total Cost (Current Price)
- $0.140 · 92.6% cheaper
- Response Time (avg)
- 16.58s · 90.3% faster
- Score
- 9.6 (+0.46 points)
- Total Cost (Current Price)
- $0.460 · 75.7% cheaper
- Response Time (avg)
- 7.15s · 95.8% faster
Model facts
Researched on 2026-08-12
- Parameters
- ~200B total (~20B active)
- Architecture
- MoE
- Availability
- Closed
- License
- -
Best estimate from public evidence; the vendor did not disclose every value. The exact API checkpoint is closed and its architecture and parameter counts are not disclosed; estimate follows the Seed2 production tier.
9.1
Consistency
9.0
10.0
$1.892
Total Output Tokens
707,320
Total Input Tokens
246,954
Input Price
$0.500 / 1M
Output Price
$2.500 / 1M
Cache Read Price
N/A
Cache Write Price
N/A
Cache prices apply to input tokens. Reads reuse cached prompts; writes store them and can cost extra. Output tokens use the output price.
Flaky tests
3
Flaky tests had mixed outcomes across runs (at least one pass and one fail).
Hamster playing table tennis
Prompt: Create a detailed SVG illustration of a hamster playing table tennis.
#50 Seed 2.1 Turbo
high- Cost
- $0.058
- Time
- 355.4s
- Tokens
- 23,053 tok
Run history
| Tested on | Score | Reliability | Tests Correct | Total Cost | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 04:04 Re-test | 9.1 | 10.0 | $1.892 | Current run | |
| 2026-08-12 22:43 Initial run | 8.9 | 9.9 | $1.641 | Compare |
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Category Breakdown
| Category | Score | Consistency | Tests Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Anti-AI Tricks | 8.2 | 7.9 | |
| Coding | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Combined | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Data parsing and extraction | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Domain specific | 2.9 | 7.2 | |
| General Intelligence | 6.5 | 3.4 | |
| Instructions following | 9.8 | 10.0 | |
| Puzzle Solving | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Tool Calling | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Trivia | 3.0 | 10.0 |