Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Step 3.7 Flash
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Step 3.7 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.8 vs 37.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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StepFunSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 42.9 to 34.1.
- Step 3.7 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | StepFun | |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2026-05-29 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.11 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 40% |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 694.12 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 39.7% |
| CritPt | — | 2.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Step 3.7 Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 68.5% |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | — |
| LMArena French | 1347 | — |
| LMArena German | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Step 3.7 Flash?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Step 3.7 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.8 vs 37.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?
Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Step 3.7 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.