# Ring-2.6-1T vs Step 5 Preview

> Step 5 Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#58); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ring-2-6-1t-vs-step-5-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Ring-2.6-1T scores higher in 0 categories and Step 5 Preview in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 5 Preview leads 40.0 to 26.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 3.7% for Ring-2.6-1T and 20.9% for Step 5 Preview.
- Ring-2.6-1T has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Ant Group (inclusionAI) | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 36.9 | 47.9 |
| Rank | — | 58 |
| Context | — | 1.02M |
| Input $/M | — | $1 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.70 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Ring-2.6-1T: 40.7
- Step 5 Preview: 51.8 (#36)

| Benchmark | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 42.4% | 58.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1564 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1480 |
| ALE-Bench | 432.57 | — |

## Reasoning

- Ring-2.6-1T: 26.1
- Step 5 Preview: 40.0 (#57)

| Benchmark | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 3.7% | 20.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1465 |

## Math

- Ring-2.6-1T: —
- Step 5 Preview: 46.1 (#72)

| Benchmark | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 42% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1470 |

## Knowledge

- Ring-2.6-1T: —
- Step 5 Preview: 41.2 (#112)

| Benchmark | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1470 |

## Multimodal

- Ring-2.6-1T: —
- Step 5 Preview: 41.0 (#41)

| Benchmark | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1267 |

## Multilingual

- Ring-2.6-1T: —
- Step 5 Preview: 53.8 (#54)

| Benchmark | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1432 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1519 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1439 |

## Instruction Following

- Ring-2.6-1T: —
- Step 5 Preview: 76.0 (#50)

| Benchmark | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1444 |

## Long Context

- Ring-2.6-1T: —
- Step 5 Preview: 44.5 (#64)

| Benchmark | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1455 |

## Writing & Preference

- Ring-2.6-1T: —
- Step 5 Preview: 62.8 (#71)

| Benchmark | Ring-2.6-1T | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1442 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1410 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1447 |

## FAQ

### Is Ring-2.6-1T better than Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#58); Ring-2.6-1T does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Ring-2.6-1T or Step 5 Preview better for coding?

Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.8 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Ring-2.6-1T and Step 5 Preview share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ring-2.6-1T has 3 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 18.