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Verdict · measured basis
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct costs $0.0002 per solved task against
Seed 1.6 Flash at $0.0013 — ▼ 8.2x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.23 a month.
On output token price alone Seed 1.6 Flash looks 1.3x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Seed 1.6 Flash and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Figure Seed 1.6 Flash Qwen2.5 72B Instruct Input $/Mtok $0.075 $0.36 Output $/Mtok $0.3 $0.4 Cached input $/Mtok $0.075 $0.36 Pass rate 75% 53% Cost per solved task $0.0013 measured $0.0002 measured Cost per month $0.26 $0.03
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (measured, $0.0002 per solved task), Seed 1.6 Flash (measured, $0.0013 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 $100 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Qwen2.5 72B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0002 per solved task $0.03 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct MEASURED Seed 1.6 Flash · MEASURED · $0.0013 per solved task $0.26 Seed 1.6 Flash MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (measured, $0.0002 per solved task), Seed 1.6 Flash (measured, $0.0013 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 $100 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Qwen2.5 72B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0002 per solved task $0.03 Seed 1.6 Flash · MEASURED · $0.0013 per solved task $0.26 — Qwen2.5 72B Instruct · MEASURED — Seed 1.6 Flash · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings