Model Comparison

R1 1776
vs. Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

Comparing 2 AI models · 11 benchmarks · Perplexity, ByteDance Seed

Recommended Pick

Perplexity logo R1 1776 4 metric wins

Strongest on: Input price, Output price, TTFT

Lowest Price

Perplexity logo

R1 1776

$0.00/1M input price

Best Reasoning

ByteDance Seed logo

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

55.3 reasoning score

Blends available reasoning benchmarks

Best for Coding

ByteDance Seed logo

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

16.7 coding index

Composite Indices

Higher is better; speed and price are normalized

Standard Benchmarks

Only benchmarks with data are shown

Differences That Matter

Price gap

R1 1776 is ∞x cheaper on input tokens than Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct.

Reasoning gap

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct leads R1 1776 by 1.6 points on reasoning.

Top-pick rationale

R1 1776 wins 4 measurable categories, including Input price, Output price, TTFT, Latency.

Live compare

Response Face-Off

Run one prompt through the selected models and compare response quality with live speed and cost context.

Perplexity logo

R1 1776

Perplexity

Waiting

TTFT

Time

tok/s

Tokens

Cost

Waiting
ByteDance Seed logo

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

ByteDance Seed

Waiting

TTFT

Time

tok/s

Tokens

Cost

Waiting

Which answer was more useful?

AI Chat

Chat with 80+ models

Inference API

EU-hosted inference

Full Comparison

Metric
Top Pick
Perplexity logo R1 1776
Perplexity
ByteDance Seed logo Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct
ByteDance Seed
Pricing per 1M tokens
Input Cost $0.00/1M$0.21/1M
Output Cost $0.00/1M$0.57/1M
Blended (3:1) $0.30/1M
Specifications
Organization PerplexityByteDance Seed
Release Date Feb 18, 2025Aug 20, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput 37.9 tok/s
TTFT 1710ms
Latency 54468ms
Composite Indices
Value Score 100.0
Reasoning Score 53.755.3
Intelligence 12.025.2
Coding 16.7
Math 84.7
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA 72.6%
MMLU Pro 81.5%
HLE 9.1%
LiveCodeBench 76.5%
MATH 500 95.4%
AIME 2025 84.7%
SciCode 36.5%
LCR 57.7%
IFBench 41.9%
TAU-bench v2 49.4%
TerminalBench Hard 6.8%

Key Takeaways

R1 1776 offers the best value at $0.00/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct has the strongest reasoning profile with a 55.3 reasoning score, combining the available reasoning-heavy benchmarks.

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct reaches a 16.7 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

Perplexity logo

R1 1776

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
ByteDance Seed logo

Seed-OSS-36B-Instruct

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development