Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3.7 Plus vs Step 3.7 Flash

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index. Step 3.7 Flash costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Step 3.7 Flash StepFun

37.3

Rank #207 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher in 2 categories and Step 3.7 Flash in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 39.3 to 21.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 74.8% for Qwen3.7 Plus and 39.7% for Step 3.7 Flash.
  • Step 3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.18 / $1.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.
  • Step 3.7 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)StepFun
Noometry Index45.337.3
Released2026-06-022026-05-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M256K
Max output131K256K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.18
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$1.11
Results tracked325

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Category by category

Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
SciCode45.5%40%
FrontierCode10.2%—
LMArena Coding1473—
ALE-Bench—694.12

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
OSWorld 2.02.8%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%39.7%
CritPt9.1%2.3%
Chess Puzzles24%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1460—
Mystery Game Puzzles17%—
DTBench84%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index147.37—

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)34.4%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—68.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—
LMArena Math1466—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond87.9%—
LMArena Expert1467—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision1279—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1445—
LMArena Chinese1510—
LMArena French1473—
LMArena German1471—
LMArena Japanese1413—
LMArena Korean1415—
LMArena Russian1457—
LMArena Spanish1457—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1440—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1455—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56), Step 3.7 Flash: —

BenchmarkQwen3.7 PlusStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1455—
LMArena Creative Writing1439—
LMArena Multi-Turn1460—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.7 Plus better than Step 3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index. Step 3.7 Flash costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.7 Plus or Step 3.7 Flash?

Step 3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.18 per million input tokens and $1.11 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.60.

Is Qwen3.7 Plus or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 256K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.7 Plus and Step 3.7 Flash share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.7 Plus has 32 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.

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