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Seed2.1 Turbo

Seed2.1 Turbo is a ByteDance model with 256K context, $0.50 in / $2.50 out per million tokens, last verified October 2, 2026. Open weights: not verified. Public-board scores are linked to the publisher; vendor-only figures stay in the watch-out, not on the board.

ByteDance's Seed2.1 Turbo agentic and multimodal model, with a concrete pinned BytePlus ModelArk deployment for text, image and video understanding.

Recorded profile verification October 2, 2026Individual provider fields may change

AI model specification details
SpecificationSeed2.1 Turbo
ProviderByteDance
TierBalanced
Context window256K
Max outputNot verifiedUnverified
Input / 1M tokens$0.50
Output / 1M tokens$2.50
WeightsNot verifiedUnverified
ParametersNot verifiedUnverified
Reasoning levelsnone, minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh, max
Modalitiestext, image, video
API model iddola-seed-2-1-turbo-260628
ReleasedJune 23, 2026

Pricing tiers: BytePlus ModelArk lists dola-seed-2-1-turbo at $0.50/$2.50 per MTok for prompts through 256K, with $0.10 cache-hit input and $0.0083 per MTok/hour standard cache storage. Batch and Flex are $0.25/$1.25 with $0.10 cache-hit input. Flex supports implicit caching only and has no additional cache-storage fee. These are BytePlus USD rates, not a verified Seed2.1 Pro or mainland Doubao tariff.

Best for

  • Agents
  • Coding
  • Multimodal work

Watch out

June 23 is the Seed2.1 family launch; the pinned SKU suffix is separate. BytePlus advertises 256K context, input and output including CoT, with 4K default output; these share one context budget and an exact integer output cap is unverified. thinking.type supports enabled (default) and disabled. All seven effort inputs are accepted, but this SKU's default/mapping cells are blank; do not promise seven distinct native levels. Summary reasoning tokens are billed using the original thinking tokens. Parameters, licence and weight availability remain unknown. Vendor model-card scores are separate from independent boards.

Common questions

Seed2.1 Turbo

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

How much does Seed2.1 Turbo cost per million tokens?
Seed2.1 Turbo lists base rates of $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. Estimate both input and output token volume and any additional charges for your workload. BytePlus ModelArk lists dola-seed-2-1-turbo at $0.50/$2.50 per MTok for prompts through 256K, with $0.10 cache-hit input and $0.0083 per MTok/hour standard cache storage. Batch and Flex are $0.25/$1.25 with $0.10 cache-hit input. Flex supports implicit caching only and has no additional cache-storage fee. These are BytePlus USD rates, not a verified Seed2.1 Pro or mainland Doubao tariff.
What is Seed2.1 Turbo's context window?
Seed2.1 Turbo accepts about 256K tokens of context. That only matters if you routinely send very long documents, large codebases, or multi-turn histories that approach that limit.
What is Seed2.1 Turbo best for?
Seed2.1 Turbo is a balanced tier from ByteDance. It suits agents, coding, multimodal work. June 23 is the Seed2.1 family launch; the pinned SKU suffix is separate. BytePlus advertises 256K context, input and output including CoT, with 4K default output; these share one context budget and an exact integer output cap is unverified. thinking.type supports enabled (default) and disabled. All seven effort inputs are accepted, but this SKU's default/mapping cells are blank; do not promise seven distinct native levels. Summary reasoning tokens are billed using the original thinking tokens. Parameters, licence and weight availability remain unknown. Vendor model-card scores are separate from independent boards.