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Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct API Pricing

ByteDance Seed · released 2025-08-20

Pricing

$0.21
input / 1M tokens
0.021¢ / 1K
$0.57
output / 1M tokens
0.057¢ / 1K
$0.30
blended / 1M tokens
0.030¢ / 1K

What it actually costs

WorkloadTokensCost
Short chat reply500 in / 300 out0.0276¢
RAG query4,000 in / 500 out0.113¢
Long document summary50,000 in / 1,000 out$0.0111
Code review of a 2k-line file30,000 in / 2,000 out0.744¢
1,000 chat replies/day for 30 days30,000 × (500 in / 300 out)$8.28

Cost = (input tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.21) + (output tokens ÷ 1,000,000 × $0.57).

Benchmarks

12.1
Intelligence
#218 of 533
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Coding
84.7
Math
#43 of 249
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Tokens/sec
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Time to first token

Similar intelligence, lower price

ModelIntelligenceBlended $/1M
Granite 4.2 3B9.1$0.052
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Granite 4.2 8B11.1$0.107

Leaderboard neighbours

ModelIntelligenceBlended $/1M
o1-pro12.4$262.50
JT-MINI12.2—
Grok 312.1$8.00
Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct12.1$0.30
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 Instruct12.0$0.403
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct11.9$3.00
Qwen3 VL 32B (Reasoning)11.9$0.28

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Source: Artificial Analysis · last synced 2026-09-22

FAQ

Who develops Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct?

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is developed by ByteDance Seed, released 2025-08-20.

How much does Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct cost per million tokens?

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct costs $0.21 per 1M input tokens and $0.57 per 1M output tokens ($0.30 blended), per Artificial Analysis's official pricing data.

How does Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct rank on benchmarks?

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct scores 12.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, ranking #218 of 533 models we track.

Is there a cheaper model with similar intelligence to Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct?

Yes — Granite 4.2 3B scores similar intelligence (9.1) at $0.052/1M blended, versus $0.30/1M for Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct.

Where does this data come from?

Pricing and benchmark data for Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct comes from Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai), synced daily. Last synced 2026-09-22.