Is Granite 4.0 Micro or Seed 1.6 Flash cheaper?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper on output tokens ($0.15 vs $0.41 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Granite 4.0 Micro or Seed 1.6 Flash?

Seed 1.6 Flash has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Granite 4.0 Micro vs Seed 1.6 Flash

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper on output tokens, while Seed 1.6 Flash offers a larger context window. Choose Granite 4.0 Micro or Seed 1.6 Flash based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Granite 4.0 Micro	Seed 1.6 Flash
Provider	AI/ML API	AI/ML API
Input / 1M tokens	$0.02	$0.10
Output / 1M tokens	$0.15	$0.41
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Oct 2025	Aug 2025

Granite 4.0 Micro details →Seed 1.6 Flash details →

FAQ

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