Sakana Namazu vs Seed 2.1 Pro: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Sakana Namazu is developed by Sakana AI, while Seed 2.1 Pro comes from ByteDance. Seed 2.1 Pro was released in June 2026, and Sakana Namazu followed 2 months later in August 2026.
We have 3 benchmark results for Sakana Namazu and 94 benchmark results for Seed 2.1 Pro, but they were measured on different benchmarks, so there is no like-for-like scoreboard.
Sakana Namazu is available through an API at $0.95 per million input tokens with a 256K-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Seed 2.1 Pro, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
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| Characteristic | Sakana Namazu | Seed 2.1 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Sakana AI | ByteDance |
| Release Date | August 3, 2026 | June 24, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 256K | — |
| Context (output) | 256K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.95 | — |
| Output Price / 1M | $4.00 | — |
| Average Score | 92.4% | 63.7% |
Verdict
Sakana Namazu leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Sakana Namazu — 0.9, Seed 2.1 Pro — 0.6.
Sakana Namazu is newer: released 8/3/2026 vs 6/24/2026.
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