# Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Step 3

> Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-7-flash-vs-step-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Step 3 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 28.4.
- Step 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 59.8 | 40.5 |
| Rank | 14 | 149 |
| Context | 1.05M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.75 | — |
| Output $/M | $3.75 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22)
- Step 3: 40.1 (#147)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1497 | 1367 |
| DeepSWE | 65.5% | — |
| FrontierCode | 43.6% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1592 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 20.3% | — |
| SciCode | 59.8% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 904.3 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19)
- Step 3: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 67.8% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 5% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 23.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15)
- Step 3: 28.4 (#105)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1494 | 1355 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 62.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 94% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 95.5% | — |
| CritPt | 14.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 47% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 37% | — |
| DTBench | 96.8% | — |
| LMCA | 50.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 157.27 | — |

## Math

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23)
- Step 3: 37.6 (#148)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1507 | 1366 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 71.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 36.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 58% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5)
- Step 3: 36.8 (#164)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1508 | 1333 |
| GPQA Diamond | 94.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73)
- Step 3: 35.5 (#86)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1316 | 1177 |
| Furniture Assembly | 26.7% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7)
- Step 3: 46.3 (#159)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1484 | 1327 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1548 | 1397 |
| LMArena German | 1498 | 1371 |
| LMArena Korean | 1483 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1516 | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1503 | 1371 |
| LMArena French | 1505 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1512 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15)
- Step 3: 70.4 (#164)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1483 | 1332 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30)
- Step 3: 40.3 (#157)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1492 | 1326 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20)
- Step 3: 54.3 (#151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.7 Flash | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1486 | 1350 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1490 | 1321 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1489 | 1341 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1723 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Step 3?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Step 3 better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Step 3 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.