ByteDance Seed: Seed 2.1 Turbo
The ByteDance Seed 2.1 Turbo is an advanced AI model capable of handling text, images, and videos. With a context length of 262,144 tokens and support for reasoning tools, it excels in tasks requiring multi-modal input processing. However, this model does not offer structured output capabilities. Given its price point at $0.5 per million input tokens and $2.5 per million output tokens, the ByteDance Seed 2.1 Turbo is more suitable for users who require a versatile AI solution that can process multiple types of data but may not need highly specialized outputs or benchmarked performance.
- Model ID
- bytedance-seed/seed-2-1-turbo
- Vendor
- bytedance-seed
- Released
- August 2026
- Tokenizer
- Other
- Input Modalities
- text, image, video
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 235,929 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- ✓ accepts images
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.50/M input and $2.50/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | $0.02 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.38 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $7.50 |
Category rankings
Where ByteDance Seed: Seed 2.1 Turbo places across the 1 category it ranks in. How we rank →
| # | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| #19 | Video Auto-TaggingVideo · of 25 ranked | 123 |
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Quick answers
- How much does ByteDance Seed: Seed 2.1 Turbo cost?
- $0.50 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens.
- What is ByteDance Seed: Seed 2.1 Turbo's context window?
- 262,144 tokens, roughly 393 pages of text in a single request.
- Does ByteDance Seed: Seed 2.1 Turbo support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can ByteDance Seed: Seed 2.1 Turbo process images?
- Yes, it accepts image input.