Qwen3.6 Plus vs Seed 1.6 Flash
Alibaba vs ByteDance — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Seed 1.6 Flash is cheaper ($0.08 vs $0.33 per 1M input)
- •Qwen3.6 Plus has a larger context window (1M)
| Qwen3.6 Plus | Seed 1.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 88.2 | — |
| Developer | Alibaba | ByteDance |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.33 / 1M | $0.08 / 1M |
| Output price | $1.95 / 1M | $0.30 / 1M |
| Speed | 52 tok/s | — |
| Released | April 2, 2026 | December 23, 2025 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Video | Image, Text, Video |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |