Trinity Large Preview vs Seed 1.6 Flash vs DeepSeek OCR 2
Seed 1.6 Flash comes out ahead, 56 to 34 and 15 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
Arcee AITrinity Large Preview
34/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context524K
- Our pick
ByteDance SeedSeed 1.6 Flash
56/100- ECI—
- Price$0.022 / $0.223
- Context256K
DeepSeekDeepSeek OCR 2
15/100- ECI—
- Price$0.89 / $1.47
- Context8K
Seed 1.6 Flash is our pick
Seed 1.6 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Trinity Large Preview (34) and DeepSeek OCR 2 (15). It leads on inputs & features. Trinity Large Preview wins on context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. 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 FlashSeed 1.6 Flash $0.072 · DeepSeek OCR 2 $1.03 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Trinity Large Preview unpriced
- Longest contextTrinity Large PreviewTrinity Large Preview 524,288 · Seed 1.6 Flash 256,000 · DeepSeek OCR 2 8,192 tokens
- Widest inputsSeed 1.6 Flash and DeepSeek OCR 2Trinity Large Preview: Text · Seed 1.6 Flash: Text, Images · DeepSeek OCR 2: Text, Images
- Self-hostingTrinity Large Preview and DeepSeek OCR 2Publishes downloadable weights (OpenMDW-1.1)
| Measure | Weight | Trinity Large Preview | Seed 1.6 Flash | DeepSeek OCR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 25 | 70 | 25 |
| Context window | 40% | 49 | 36 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 34/100 | 56/100 | 15/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Trinity Large PreviewArcee AI | Seed 1.6 FlashByteDance Seed | DeepSeek OCR 2DeepSeek |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | — | $0.022 (best) | $0.89 |
| Output | — | $0.223 (best) | $1.47 |
| Cached input | — | $0.0044 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | — | $0.072 (best) | $1.03 |
| Long-context rate | — | Over 32K: $0.045 / $0.445 | Same rate |
| Price source | — | Official Volcengine Ark API | Median of 1 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 524,288 tokens (best) | 256,000 tokens | 8,192 tokens |
| Max output | 262,144 tokens (best) | 32,000 tokens | 8,192 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenOpenMDW-1.1 | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | — | doubao-seed-1-6-flash-250828 | — |
| API providers | 1 | 2 (best) | 2 (best) |
| Released | Jan 27, 2026 | Aug 28, 2025 | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Trinity Large Preview—
- Seed 1.6 Flash$0.668
- DeepSeek OCR 2$11.83
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Trinity Large Preview, Seed 1.6 Flash or DeepSeek OCR 2?
Seed 1.6 Flash is the better all-round choice, scoring 56/100 against Trinity Large Preview (34) and DeepSeek OCR 2 (15). It leads on inputs & features. Trinity Large Preview wins on context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Trinity Large Preview, Seed 1.6 Flash or DeepSeek OCR 2?
Seed 1.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.022 input / $0.223 output per million tokens (official Volcengine Ark API price). DeepSeek OCR 2 costs $0.89 input / $1.47 output per million tokens (median across 1 API provider). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.072 per million tokens for Seed 1.6 Flash versus $1.03 for DeepSeek OCR 2 (14× as much). Trinity Large Preview has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Trinity Large Preview has not been scored yet, Seed 1.6 Flash has not been scored yet and DeepSeek OCR 2 has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Trinity Large Preview, Seed 1.6 Flash and DeepSeek OCR 2 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that DeepSeek OCR 2 does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Trinity Large Preview has the largest context window at 524,288 tokens, against 256,000 for Seed 1.6 Flash and 8,192 for DeepSeek OCR 2. Maximum output per response: Trinity Large Preview up to 262,144, Seed 1.6 Flash up to 32,000, DeepSeek OCR 2 up to 8,192 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Trinity Large Preview accepts text; Seed 1.6 Flash accepts text and images; DeepSeek OCR 2 accepts text and images. Seed 1.6 Flash handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Trinity Large Preview and DeepSeek OCR 2 publishes its weights (OpenMDW-1.1) and can be self-hosted; Seed 1.6 Flash is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Trinity Large Preview is the newest, released Jan 27, 2026. DeepSeek OCR 2 came out Jan 27, 2026; Seed 1.6 Flash came out Aug 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 Oct 4, 2026.
