Model comparison

Qwen Plus vs Step 1o Turbo 202506

Step 1o Turbo 202506 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Qwen Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Step 1o Turbo 202506 StepFun

39.7

Rank #160 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen Plus scores higher in 1 category and Step 1o Turbo 202506 in 7 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads 36.6 to 23.3.

Side by side

Qwen Plus and Step 1o Turbo 202506 specifications
Qwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)StepFun
Noometry Index37.139.7
Released2024-01-25—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.20—
Results tracked2014

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 39.2 (#160)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Coding13281339

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 26.8 (#129)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Hard Prompts13171335
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.3%—
DTBench81.1%—
LMCA24%—

Math Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads

Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.6 (#164)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Math13261318
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202517.8%—
MATH Level 565.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads

Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#176)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Expert13281308
GPQA Diamond48.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen Plus: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#80)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Vision—1186

Multilingual Too close to call

Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 45.3 (#173)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Non-English13101313
LMArena Chinese13471380
LMArena Russian13231327
LMArena German—1314
LMArena Japanese1251—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 69.2 (#176)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Instruction Following13031310

Long Context Too close to call

Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 41.0 (#146)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Longer Query13241348

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 53.1 (#160)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen PlusStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Text13261336
LMArena Creative Writing12931307
LMArena Multi-Turn13361340

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen Plus better than Step 1o Turbo 202506?

Step 1o Turbo 202506 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen Plus or Step 1o Turbo 202506 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (38.9 vs 39.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Qwen Plus and Step 1o Turbo 202506 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen Plus has 20 scored results on Noometry and Step 1o Turbo 202506 has 14.

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