Seed 1.6 Vision vs Claude Haiku 4.5
Seed 1.6 Vision comes out ahead, 61 to 47 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
ByteDance SeedSeed 1.6 Vision
61/100- ECI—
- Price$0.119 / $1.19
- Context256K
AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5
47/100- ECI142.2
- Price$1.00 / $5.00
- Context200K
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Seed 1.6 Vision is our pick
Seed 1.6 Vision is the better all-round choice, scoring 61/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (47). It leads on price and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceSeed 1.6 VisionSeed 1.6 Vision $0.386 · Claude Haiku 4.5 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextSeed 1.6 VisionSeed 1.6 Vision 256,000 · Claude Haiku 4.5 200,000 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Haiku 4.5Seed 1.6 Vision: Text, Images · Claude Haiku 4.5: Text, Images, PDFs
- Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Seed 1.6 Vision | Claude Haiku 4.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 67 | 34 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 70 | 80 |
| Context window | 20% | 36 | 32 |
| Overall | 100% | 61/100 | 47/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Seed 1.6 VisionByteDance Seed | Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | 142.2 |
| ECI rank | — | #102 of 165 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | — | 71.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | — | 66.7% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | — | 13.2% |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.119 (best) | $1.00 |
| Output | $1.19 (best) | $5.00 |
| Cached input | $0.024 (best) | $0.10 |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.386 (best) | $2.00 |
| Long-context rate | Over 32K: $0.178 / $2.37 | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Volcengine Ark API | Official Anthropic API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 256,000 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens |
| Max output | 32,000 tokens | 64,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | doubao-seed-1-6-vision-250815 | claude-haiku-4-5 |
| API providers | 2 | 48 (best) |
| Released | Aug 15, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Feb 28, 2025 |
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- Seed 1.6 Vision$3.56
- Claude Haiku 4.5$20.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Seed 1.6 Vision or Claude Haiku 4.5?
Seed 1.6 Vision is the better all-round choice, scoring 61/100 against Claude Haiku 4.5 (47). It leads on price and context window. Claude Haiku 4.5 wins on inputs & features. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Seed 1.6 Vision or Claude Haiku 4.5?
Seed 1.6 Vision is cheaper at $0.119 input / $1.19 output per million tokens (official Volcengine Ark API price). Claude Haiku 4.5 costs $1.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.386 per million tokens for Seed 1.6 Vision versus $2.00 for Claude Haiku 4.5 (5.2× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Seed 1.6 Vision has not been scored yet and Claude Haiku 4.5 has an ECI of 142.2.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Seed 1.6 Vision and Claude Haiku 4.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Seed 1.6 Vision has the largest context window at 256,000 tokens, against 200,000 for Claude Haiku 4.5. Maximum output per response: Seed 1.6 Vision up to 32,000, Claude Haiku 4.5 up to 64,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Seed 1.6 Vision accepts text and images; Claude Haiku 4.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. Claude Haiku 4.5 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Seed 1.6 Vision and Claude Haiku 4.5 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Claude Haiku 4.5 is the newest, released Oct 15, 2025. Seed 1.6 Vision came out Aug 15, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Haiku 4.5 Feb 28, 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
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