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GPT-5 ProvsStep 3.5 Flash

GPT-5 Pro and Step 3.5 Flash do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. GPT-5 Pro has the larger context window (400K tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5 Pro
400K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.6844% · —
OpenAI · StepFun
GPT-5 Pro
OpenAI · released 2025-10-06
textvision
Context
400K
Max out
272K
Input /1M
$15
Output /1M
$120
Cached /1M
Scores
3 · 3 core
Step 3.5 Flash
StepFun · released 2026-02-12
text
Context
256K
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
18 · 5 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGPT-5 ProStep 3.5 FlashΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only GPT-5 Pro reports · 3
GPQA Diamond88.4% not reported
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)19.5% epochnot reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)55.8% epochnot reported
Only Step 3.5 Flash reports · 17
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported74.4%
AIME 2025not reported97.3%
AIME 2026not reported96.7% matharena
LMArena Elonot reported1403.7
BrowseCompnot reported51.6%
BrowseComp (with context manager)not reported69%
BrowseComp-ZHnot reported66.9%
BrowseComp-ZH (with context manager)not reported73.7%
GAIA (no file)not reported84.5%
HMMT 2025 (Feb/Nov average)not reported96.2%
IMOAnswerBenchnot reported85.4%
LiveCodeBench v6not reported86.4%
ResearchRubricsnot reported65.3%
Tau2-Benchnot reported88.2%
Terminal-Bench 2.0not reported51%
xbench-DeepSearch 2025.05not reported83.7%
xbench-DeepSearch 2025.10not reported56.3%
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 GPT-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

SpecGPT-5 ProStep 3.5 FlashEdge
Context window400K tokens256K tokensGPT-5 Pro
Max output272K tokens
Input price / 1M$15
Output price / 1M$120
Cached input / 1M
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$135
Modalitiestext · visiontextGPT-5 Pro
Released2025-10-062026-02-12
Cited benchmark scores318
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