Seed1.6 Embedding

Jun 2025
Seed1.6 Embedding
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85.1MTEB English v2
Jun 2025released
2,048 (or 1,024)Dimensions
33K tokensMax input

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1QZhou Embedding91.62Ingot 8B R389.33Jasper Token Compression 600M88.84Qwen 3 Embedding 4B88.75Qwen 3 Embedding 8B88.6
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10Seed1.5 Embedding87.211Seed1.6 Embedding86.912LGAI Embedding Preview86.7

Benchmarks

in Embeddings & Retrieval
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Mean over tasks · Mandarin Chinese75.6#4
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Mean over task types · Mandarin Chinese76.7#4
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Retrieval · Mandarin Chinese79.7#4
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · STS · Mandarin Chinese68.9#3
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese71.6#11
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Clustering · Mandarin Chinese73.1#6
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Pair Classification · Mandarin Chinese88.7#5
MTEB Mandarin Chinese v1 · Classification · Mandarin Chinese78.1#5
MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English47.8#18
MTEB Medical v1 · Reranking · Mandarin Chinese89.8#11
MMEB-V2lab70.8

FAQ

How much does Seed1.6 Embedding cost?›

There is no per-unit API price: price not verified.

How good is Seed1.6 Embedding, and what is it best at?›

#3 of 13 in Multimodal.

Is Seed1.6 Embedding better than Seed1.5 Embedding?›

On MTEB English v2 · STS · English, Seed1.6 Embedding scores 86.9 vs 87.2 — about the same.

When was Seed1.6 Embedding released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-06-18. It is the current version in its line.

Is Seed1.6 Embedding open source?›

No, Seed1.6 Embedding is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Nano.

What is Seed1.6 Embedding?›

Seed1.6 Embedding is a closed embeddings & retrieval model from ByteDance, released Jun 2025.

What are the best alternatives to Seed1.6 Embedding?›

Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Nano (open weights).