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Claude Sonnet 5 vs Seed 1.6

At a glance

Anthropic's fifth-generation Sonnet — near-Opus intelligence at Sonnet speed and price.

801M ctx$2.00/$10.00 per M#26/92

ByteDance's flagship language model with top reasoning capabilities.

262K ctx$0.25/$2.00 per M
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Benchmarks
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Reasoning
CI 72.7-84.7Provisional
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Capability
CapabilityECI80.1
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science90.5%Factual Recall25.0%
Math
Competition Math94.7%
Reasoning
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
ReasoningInsufficient data
MathInsufficient data
Sources:OpenRouter
Cheaper83%
Capability
Capability—
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science—Factual Recall—
Math
Competition Math—
Specs
1M
Context
128K
Max output
Jun 2026
Released
262K
Context
33K
Max output
Dec 2025
Released
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$2.00/M tokens
Output$10.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.20/M tokens
Cache write$2.50/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input88%$0.25/M tokens
Output80%$2.00/M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions: Claude Sonnet 5 vs Seed 1.6▼

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5 or Seed 1.6?

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Both Claude Sonnet 5 and Seed 1.6 are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.

Which is cheaper, Claude Sonnet 5 or Seed 1.6?

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Seed 1.6 has a lower blended cost. Claude Sonnet 5: $2.00 input / $10.00 output. Seed 1.6: $0.25 input / $2.00 output.

Which has a larger context window, Claude Sonnet 5 or Seed 1.6?

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Claude Sonnet 5 has a larger context window: Claude Sonnet 5 supports 1M tokens vs Seed 1.6 at 262K tokens.

Do both Claude Sonnet 5 and Seed 1.6 support vision?

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Yes, both Claude Sonnet 5 and Seed 1.6 support vision/image input.

What are the key differences between Claude Sonnet 5 and Seed 1.6?

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Key differences: Seed 1.6 is significantly cheaper. Compare full specs on this page.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Claude Sonnet 5 and Seed 1.6 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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