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Gemini 2.5 ProvsStep 3.5 Flash
Step 3.5 Flash leads 2 of 3 shared benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
1 – 2
Step 3.5 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 2.5 Pro
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Google · StepFun
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Google · released 2025-06-17
textvisionaudio
Step 3.5 Flash
StepFun · released 2026-02-12
text
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
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- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
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- Cached /1M
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- Scores
- 18 · 5 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 9 only Gemini 2.5 Pro · 14 only Step 3.5 Flash| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Step 3.5 Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 59.6% ↗ | 74.4% ↗ | -14.8 pt | Step 3.5 Flash |
| AIME 2025 | 88% ↗ | 97.3% ↗ | -9.3 pt | Step 3.5 Flash |
| LMArena Elo | 1457.8 ↗ | 1403.7 ↗ | +54.1 | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Only Gemini 2.5 Pro reports · 9 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 86.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | 21.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 82.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 0% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 24.6% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench | 74.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMMU | 82% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 84.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 57.6% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Step 3.5 Flash reports · 14 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 96.7% ↗matharena | — | — |
| BrowseComp | not reported | 51.6% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp (with context manager) | not reported | 69% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp-ZH | not reported | 66.9% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp-ZH (with context manager) | not reported | 73.7% ↗ | — | — |
| GAIA (no file) | not reported | 84.5% ↗ | — | — |
| HMMT 2025 (Feb/Nov average) | not reported | 96.2% ↗ | — | — |
| IMOAnswerBench | not reported | 85.4% ↗ | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | not reported | 86.4% ↗ | — | — |
| ResearchRubrics | not reported | 65.3% ↗ | — | — |
| Tau2-Bench | not reported | 88.2% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | not reported | 51% ↗ | — | — |
| xbench-DeepSearch 2025.05 | not reported | 83.7% ↗ | — | — |
| xbench-DeepSearch 2025.10 | not reported | 56.3% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 2.5 Pro minus Step 3.5 Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 2.5 Pro | Step 3.5 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 256K tokens | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Max output | 66K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.25 ↗ | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | $10 ↗ | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.125 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $11.25 | — | — |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text | Gemini 2.5 Pro |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | 2026-02-12 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 14 | 18 | — |
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