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Lowest-Latency ByteDance Seed Models

Quick answer · Updated June 2026

Seed-2.0-Mini has the lowest latency of any ByteDance Seed model, responding in about 459ms to first token. Seed 1.6 (745ms) and Seed 1.6 Flash (898ms) round out the top three.

459msLatency
54 t/sSpeed
$0.100Input /M
262KContext

AI models ranked by time-to-first-token (p50). The most responsive large language models for real-time and interactive use cases.

  1. 1B
    seed-2.0-mini
    ReasoningToolsJSON+1$0.100/M · 54 t/s · 262K ctx
    459ms
    Latency
  2. 2B
    seed-1.6
    ReasoningToolsJSON+1$0.250/M · 28 t/s · 262K ctx
    745ms
    Latency
  3. 3B
    seed-1.6-flash
    ReasoningToolsJSON+1$0.075/M · 64 t/s · 262K ctx
    898ms
    Latency
  4. 4B
    seed-2.0-lite
    ReasoningToolsJSON+1$0.250/M · 73 t/s · 262K ctx
    1.2s
    Latency

Frequently asked

Which ByteDance Seed model has the lowest latency?

Seed-2.0-Mini has the lowest latency of any ByteDance Seed model, responding in about 459ms to first token. Seed 1.6 (745ms) and Seed 1.6 Flash (898ms) round out the top three.

What's a good alternative to Seed-2.0-Mini?

Seed 1.6 (745ms) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by Seed 1.6 Flash (898ms). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.

How many ByteDance Seed models are there?

modelgrep tracks 4 ByteDance Seed models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing. 4 of them qualify for this ranking.

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