LLM Comparison
Seed 1.6 vs Sonar Pro Search
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated April 2026
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S Seed 1.6 | 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 | $0.25/M tokens | $3.00/M tokens |
| Output Price | $2.00/M tokens | $15.00/M tokens |
| Capabilities | textvisionvideocode | textvisioncode |
| Max Output | 33K tokens | 8K tokens |
| API Identifier | bytedance-seed/seed-1.6 | perplexity/sonar-pro-search |
| Benchmarks | ||
| MMLU | — | 83 |
| View Seed 1.6 | View Sonar Pro Search | |
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| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed 1.6Cheapest | $0.25 | $1.00 | $1.25 | — |
| Sonar Pro Search | $3.00 | $7.50 | $10.50 | +740% |
ByteDance
Seed 1.6
Seed 1.6 is a multimodal llm from ByteDance. Supports up to 262,144 token context window. Available from $0.25/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.
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