Model comparison

GPT-5.4 Pro vs Step 3

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

Step 3 StepFun

40.5

Rank #149 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 70.7 to 28.4.
  • Step 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 Pro and Step 3 specifications
GPT-5.4 ProStep 3
ProviderOpenAIStepFun
Noometry Index58.940.5
Released2026-03-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1617

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStep 3
WeirdML57.4%—
LMArena Coding—1367

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStep 3
ARC-AGI-283.3%—
SimpleBench74.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.3%
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt30%—
Chess Puzzles58.6%—
EnigmaEval23.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1355
Epoch Capabilities Index158.93—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStep 3
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%—
LMArena Math—1366
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)50%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)37.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStep 3
GPQA Diamond94.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.3%—
SimpleQA Verified46.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.3%—
LMArena Expert—1333

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStep 3
LMArena Vision—1177

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Step 3: 46.3 (#159)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStep 3
LMArena Non-English—1327
LMArena Chinese—1397
LMArena German—1371
LMArena Korean—1269
LMArena Russian—1331
LMArena Spanish—1371

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Step 3: 70.4 (#164)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStep 3
LMArena Instruction Following—1332

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Step 3: 40.3 (#157)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStep 3
LMArena Longer Query—1326

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Step 3: 54.3 (#151)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProStep 3
LMArena Text—1350
LMArena Creative Writing—1321
LMArena Multi-Turn—1341

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Step 3?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Step 3 better for coding?

GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.2 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Step 3 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.

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