LLM Comparison
Seed 1.6 Flash vs Sonar Pro Search
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated April 2026
Add to comparison
2/6 modelsSame tier:
S Seed 1.6 Flash | S Sonar Pro Search | |
|---|---|---|
| Organization | ByteDance | Perplexity AI |
| OpenTools Score | ||
| Family | Seed | Sonar |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Release Date | Dec 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| Context Window | 262K tokens | 200K tokens |
| Input Price | $0.07/M tokens | $3.00/M tokens |
| Output Price | $0.30/M tokens | $15.00/M tokens |
| Capabilities | textvisionvideocode | textvisioncode |
| Max Output | 33K tokens | 8K tokens |
| API Identifier | bytedance-seed/seed-1.6-flash | perplexity/sonar-pro-search |
| Benchmarks | ||
| MMLU | — | 83 |
| View Seed 1.6 Flash | View Sonar Pro Search | |
Cost Calculator
Enter your expected monthly token usage to compare costs.
| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed 1.6 FlashCheapest | $0.08 | $0.15 | $0.22 | — |
| Sonar Pro Search | $3.00 | $7.50 | $10.50 | +4567% |
ByteDance
Seed 1.6 Flash
Seed 1.6 Flash is a multimodal llm from ByteDance. Supports up to 262,144 token context window. Available from $0.07/M input tokens.
Perplexity AI
Sonar Pro Search
Sonar Pro Search is a multimodal llm from Perplexity AI. Supports up to 200,000 token context window. Achieves 83.0% on MMLU. Available from $3.00/M input tokens.
More Comparisons
Looking for more AI models?
Browse All LLMs