Seed 1.6 is a general-purpose model released by the ByteDance Seed team. It incorporates multimodal capabilities and adaptive deep thinking with a 256K context window.
Model details →ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 vs Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini
Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Nex-N2-Mini is an open-source agentic mixture-of-experts model from Nex AGI, the smaller sibling in the Nex-N2 series. It accepts text and image input and is built for coding, tool use,...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 | Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 262K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.25 | $0.03 | 🏆 Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $2.00 | $0.10 | 🏆 Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 better than Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini?
Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 and Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini?
Input: $0.25 vs $0.03 per 1M tokens. Output: $2.00 vs $0.10 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 and Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini support?
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 supports up to 262K tokens. Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6 and Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini support tool calling?
ByteDance Seed: Seed 1.6: yes. Nex AGI: Nex-N2-Mini: yes.
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