Model comparison
Qwen3 8B vs Step 2 16k Exp 202412
Step 2 16k Exp 202412 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
StepFunSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads 24.8 to 16.1.
- Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 33.3 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2025-04 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.18 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.70 | — |
| Results tracked | 11 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads
Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 37.9 (#170)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 22.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1316 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 42.6% | — |
Reasoning Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads
Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 24.8 (#140)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1299 |
| DTBench | 59.7% | — |
| LMCA | 8.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 136.17 | — |
Math Too close to call
Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 33.6 (#171)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 56.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1305 |
Knowledge Qwen3 8B leads
Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 34.6 (#187)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1279 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Qwen3 8B: —, Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 43.9 (#176)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1290 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1324 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Qwen3 8B: —, Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 68.1 (#187)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1287 |
Long Context Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads
Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 39.7 (#165)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 62.1% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1307 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Qwen3 8B: —, Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 52.5 (#168)
| Benchmark | Qwen3 8B | Step 2 16k Exp 202412 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1321 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1328 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1292 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3 8B better than Step 2 16k Exp 202412?
Step 2 16k Exp 202412 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Qwen3 8B or Step 2 16k Exp 202412 better for coding?
Step 2 16k Exp 202412 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 33.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3 8B and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 8B has 11 scored results on Noometry and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 has 12.