Is Claude Haiku 5.5 or Seed 1.6 Flash cheaper?

Seed 1.6 Flash is cheaper on output tokens ($0.41 vs $0.65 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Haiku 5.5 or Seed 1.6 Flash?

Claude Haiku 5.5 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Seed 1.6 Flash

Seed 1.6 Flash is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Haiku 5.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Claude Haiku 5.5 or Seed 1.6 Flash based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Claude Haiku 5.5	Seed 1.6 Flash
Provider	AI/ML API	AI/ML API
Input / 1M tokens	$0.13	$0.10
Output / 1M tokens	$0.65	$0.41
Context window	1M	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	No
Released	Oct 2026	Aug 2025

Claude Haiku 5.5 details →Seed 1.6 Flash details →

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Pricing is indicative — confirm with the provider before production use. Highlighted values indicate the better figure for that row.