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Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Step 5 Preview

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 47.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Step 5 Preview StepFun

47.9

Rank #58 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Step 5 Preview in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 40.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 58% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 42% for Step 5 Preview.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.75 input and $3.75 output per million tokens.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.02M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
ProviderGoogleStepFun
Noometry Index59.847.9
Released2026-08-132026-09-16
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.02M
Max output66K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.70
Results tracked4418

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Step 5 Preview: 51.8 (#36)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
LMArena WebDev15921564
SciCode59.8%58.9%
LMArena Coding14971480
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Step 5 Preview: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Step 5 Preview: 40.0 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
CritPt14.3%20.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941465
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Step 5 Preview: 46.1 (#72)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
ProofBench58%42%
LMArena Math15071470
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Step 5 Preview: 41.2 (#112)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
LMArena Expert15081470
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Step 5 Preview leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Step 5 Preview: 41.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
LMArena Vision13161267
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Step 5 Preview: 53.8 (#54)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
LMArena Non-English14841432
LMArena Chinese15481519
LMArena Russian15161436
LMArena Spanish15031439
LMArena French1505—
LMArena German1498—
LMArena Japanese1512—
LMArena Korean1483—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Step 5 Preview: 76.0 (#50)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14831444

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Step 5 Preview: 44.5 (#64)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
LMArena Longer Query14921455

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Step 5 Preview: 62.8 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashStep 5 Preview
LMArena Text14861442
LMArena Creative Writing14901410
LMArena Multi-Turn14891447
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Step 5 Preview?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 47.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $2.70 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Step 5 Preview better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 51.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.02M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Step 5 Preview share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 18.

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