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Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash is an open-source reasoning model by StepFun with 196B total parameters (11B active) using Mixture of Experts.

text + image → text · made by StepFun

$0.1$0.31per Mtok in / out
StepFun · 8 sellers

Sold by 9 ways

SellerLaneRate
StepFun apistandard$0.1per Mtok in$0.31per Mtok out$0.021per Mtok cachedplatform.stepfun.com · read 2026-08-25
DeepInfra aggregatorstandard$0.09per Mtok in$0.3per Mtok outapi.deepinfra.com · read 2026-08-25
Vercel AI Gateway aggregatorstandard$0.09per Mtok in$0.3per Mtok out$0.02per Mtok cachedai-gateway.vercel.sh · read 2026-08-25
ElectronHub aggregatorstandard$0.1per Mtok in$0.3per Mtok outapi.electronhub.ai · read 2026-09-16
Hugging Face Inference Providers 2 ways$0.1per Mtok in$0.3per Mtok out
Hugging Face Inference Providers aggregatorstandard$0.1per Mtok in$0.3per Mtok outmodels.dev · read 2026-09-16
Hugging Face Inference Providers aggregatordeepinfra$0.1per Mtok in$0.3per Mtok outrouter.huggingface.co · read 2026-08-25
Nous Research aggregatorstandard$0.1per Mtok in$0.3per Mtok outinference-api.nousresearch.com · read 2026-09-12
OpenRouter aggregatorstandard$0.1per Mtok in$0.3per Mtok outopenrouter.ai · read 2026-08-24
SiliconFlow aggregatorstandard$0.1per Mtok in$0.3per Mtok outmodels.dev · read 2026-09-16

Measured 2 standings

PlaceBoardMetricScore
3rdof 61AIME 2025Accuracy (± 95% CI)98.33
6thof 32AIME 2026Accuracy (± 95% CI)96.67

About

Step 3.5 Flash — a text model from StepFun, sold by 8 companies from $0.09 in and $0.3 out per million tokens, placed 3rd of 61 on AIME 2025.

It takes text and images and returns text, with a context window of 262,114 tokens. It was published in January 2026, trained on material up to January 2025. Its sellers say it can reason step by step and call a tool. The catalogue files it under reasoning. Eight companies sell it. The cheapest is $0.09 in and $0.3 out per million tokens at DeepInfra. Beside the standard rate there is a separately routed lane. It has been measured on 2 boards, and stands best at 3rd of 61 on AIME 2025.

Every current figure

Maker
StepFun
Register
model
Takes
text + image
Returns
text
Context
262,114 tokens
Longest answer
262,000 tokens
Published
January 2026
Knowledge to
January 2025
Parameters
199 billion
Licence
not read
Sellers
8
Price
$0.09 in and $0.3 out per million tokens — DeepInfra
Boards
2
Best place
3rd of 61 — AIME 2025

Known as 4 names

stepfun-ai/Step-3.5-Flashstepfun/step-3.5-flashstep-3.5-flashstep-3.5-flash-2603