Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Step 3.7 Flash

Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

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Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) Google

33.2

Rank #246 Confirmed

Step 3.7 Flash StepFun

37.3

Rank #207 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 42.9 to 22.1.
  • Step 3.7 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Step 3.7 Flash specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
ProviderGoogleStepFun
Noometry Index33.237.3
Released2024-05-142026-05-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—256K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.18
Output $ / M tokens—$1.11
Results tracked425

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Category by category

Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
SciCode—40%
WeirdML24.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct43.5%—
LMArena Coding1261—
BigCodeBench Complete55.1%—
ALE-Bench—694.12
HumanEval+75.6%—
MBPP+67.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
BALROG14.6%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)—39.7%
CritPt—2.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1257—
DTBench53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index129.36—
ForecastBench53.9—
PIQA87.5%—

Math Step 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—68.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.3%—
Omni-MATH30.4%—
LMArena Math1269—
MATH Level 561.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0%—
GSM8K82.4%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond47.3%—
MMLU-Pro67.8%—
GPQA (HELM)43.7%—
LMArena Expert1233—
BoolQ85.8%—
MMLU77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision1141—
Video-MME70.3%—
GeoBench76%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1278—
LMArena Chinese1295—
LMArena French1258—
LMArena German1262—
LMArena Japanese1252—
LMArena Korean1221—
LMArena Russian1288—
LMArena Spanish1243—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
IFEval83.1%—
LMArena Instruction Following1258—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1284—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Step 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1287—
LMArena Creative Writing1285—
WildBench79.2%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1253—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Step 3.7 Flash?

Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Step 3.7 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.

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