Seed 2.1 Turbo
Seed 2.1 Turbo is a multimodal model from ByteDance Seed for coding and long-horizon agent workflows. It is suited for end-to-end software delivery, multi-step task execution, and understanding visual and video content, with capabilities for planning, debugging, and self-correction.
Specifications
| Lab | ByteDance Seed |
|---|---|
| Context window | 262.1K tokens |
| Input price | $0.50/1M |
| Output price | $2.50/1M |
| Release | Aug 2026 |
Strengths
- Supports text and image input with text output
- Supports video input for multimodal analysis
- 256K-token context window for long documents
- Low input pricing for cost-sensitive production workloads
Weaknesses
- Newer listing with limited independent benchmark coverage
- Multimodal performance may vary by provider endpoint
Best for
- Agentic workflows and tool-using applications
- Multimodal document and screenshot analysis
- Long-context document and codebase processing
In Depth: Seed 2.1 Turbo
Summary
Seed 2.1 Turbo is an AI model from ByteDance Seed.
Released in Aug 2026. It takes text, image, and video input and produces text output, with a context window of 262.1K tokens. Input pricing is $0.50 per 1M tokens and output is $2.50 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter.