Noometry

Model comparison

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B vs Step 5 Preview

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Step 5 Preview StepFun

47.9

Rank #58 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher in 0 categories and Step 5 Preview in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 5 Preview leads 40.0 to 29.3.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2.70 for Step 5 Preview.
  • Step 5 Preview accepts more context: 1.02M tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)StepFun
Noometry Index43.247.9
Released2025-042026-09-16
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K1.02M
Max output33K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.70$1
Output $ / M tokens$2.80$2.70
Results tracked1818

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Category by category

Coding Step 5 Preview leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100), Step 5 Preview: 51.8 (#36)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
LMArena Coding14391480
LMArena WebDev—1564
SciCode—58.9%

Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92), Step 5 Preview: 40.0 (#57)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14281465
CritPt—20.9%

Math Step 5 Preview leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118), Step 5 Preview: 46.1 (#72)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
LMArena Math14261470
ProofBench—42%

Knowledge Too close to call

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121), Step 5 Preview: 41.2 (#112)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
LMArena Expert14421470

Multimodal Step 5 Preview leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55), Step 5 Preview: 41.0 (#41)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
LMArena Vision12471267

Multilingual Step 5 Preview leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97), Step 5 Preview: 53.8 (#54)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
LMArena Non-English14051432
LMArena Chinese14631519
LMArena Russian14081436
LMArena Spanish14281439
LMArena French1452—
LMArena German1424—
LMArena Japanese1385—
LMArena Korean1394—

Instruction Following Step 5 Preview leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101), Step 5 Preview: 76.0 (#50)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14061444

Long Context Step 5 Preview leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98), Step 5 Preview: 44.5 (#64)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
LMArena Longer Query14201455

Writing & Preference Step 5 Preview leads

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99), Step 5 Preview: 62.8 (#71)

BenchmarkQwen3-VL 235B-A22BStep 5 Preview
LMArena Text14201442
LMArena Creative Writing13661410
LMArena Multi-Turn14281447

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better than Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B or Step 5 Preview?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Step 5 Preview lists at $1 and $2.70.

Is Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B or Step 5 Preview better for coding?

Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.8 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Step 5 Preview does, with 1.02M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B and Step 5 Preview share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 18.

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