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ByteDance SeedReleased August 20, 2025

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

ByteDance Seed · Released August 20, 2025

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Intelligence score

18

At a glance

Intelligence
18
Speed
34.8tokens/sec
Latency
3.00stime to first token
Input price
$0.21per 1M tokens
Output price
$0.57per 1M tokens
Context window
510Ktokens
Parameters
36.2billions

Summary

Comparison summary

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct scores 18 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 9). Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct generates output at 34.8 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is at the lower end compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 101.0 t/s). Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct costs $0.21 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.18) and $0.57 per 1M output tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.40), based on the median across providers serving the model.

Specifications

Technical specifications

Model nameSeed-OSS-36B-Instruct
ProviderByteDance Seed
Release dateAugust 20, 2025
Intelligence score18
Speed34.8 tokens/sec
Latency (TTFT)3.00s
Input price$0.21 / 1M tokens
Output price$0.57 / 1M tokens
Context window510,000 tokens
Parameters36.2B
ReasoningYes
Input modalitiestext
Output modalities—
Open weightsYes
LicenseApache 2
API availability—
SourceModel Intelligence legacy profile: seed-oss-36b-instruct

Pricing

Token prices

Price per 1M tokens

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct, as listed in the catalog record

Input $0.21 and output $0.57 per 1M tokens. Missing prices are hatched and marked "Not published".
  1. Input$0.21
  2. Output$0.57

Model Intelligence legacy profile: seed-oss-36b-instruct

FAQ · 19

Frequently asked questions

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct was released on August 20, 2025.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct was created by ByteDance Seed.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct scores 18 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 9).

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct generates output at 34.8 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is at the lower end compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 101.0 t/s).

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct has a time to first token (TTFT) of 3.00s (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is at the higher end compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 2.09s).

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct costs $0.21 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.18) and $0.57 per 1M output tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.40), based on the median across providers serving the model.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct costs $0.21 per 1M input tokens and $0.57 per 1M output tokens (based on the median across providers serving the model). For a blended rate (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio), this is $0.25 per 1M tokens. Pricing may vary by provider.

Yes, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct supports text input.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct supports text output.

No, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct does not support image input. It can only process text.

No, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is not multimodal. It only supports text input.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct has a context window of 510k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.

Yes, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct has 36.2 billion parameters.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is released under the Apache 2.0 license. This license allows commercial use.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct achieves a score of 18 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.

Yes, Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is available via API through 1 provider.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct is available through 1 API provider.