Jamba Large 1.7 is the latest model in the Jamba open family, offering improvements in grounding, instruction-following, and overall efficiency. Built on a hybrid SSM-Transformer architecture with a 256K context window, it delivers more acc…
Model details →AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 vs ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash wins on 5 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Seed 1.6 Flash is an ultra-fast multimodal deep thinking model by ByteDance Seed, supporting both text and visual understanding. It features a 256k context window and can generate outputs of up to 16k tokens.
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 262K | 🏆 ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.07 | 🏆 ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $8.00 | $0.30 | 🏆 ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash |
Frequently asked questions
Is AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 better than ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash?
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash wins on 5 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash?
Input: $2.00 vs $0.07 per 1M tokens. Output: $8.00 vs $0.30 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash support?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 supports up to 256K tokens. ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both AI21: Jamba Large 1.7 and ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash support tool calling?
AI21: Jamba Large 1.7: yes. ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 Flash: yes.