Step 3.5 Flash

OtherReleased Jan 29, 2026KnowledgeJan 2025
Context
262K
Max output
66K
Serving providers
2
Cheapest input
$0.09 /1M
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face leaderboards
Speed & latency
Output speed
151 t/s
tokens / second
Time to first token
3.34s
latency
Headline indices
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
AIME 202697%default—
CritPt2%default—
GPQA Diamond83%default—
Humanity's Last Exam24%default—
IFBench67%default—
Long-Context Reasoning63%default—
Omniscience-44.2default—
Omniscience Accuracy0.2default—
Omniscience Non Hallucination0.1default—
SciCodeArtificial Analysis did not report this score in its latest run on Oct 14, 202639%——
SWE-bench Verified74%default—
TerminalBench Hard33%default—
τ²-bench87%default—

Pricing by serving provider

standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand

Input pricing runs from $0.09 to $0.10 per 1M tokens across 2 providers, so the dearest route costs 11% more than the cheapest for the same model.

Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
VercelRouted quoteVercel reseller quote$0.09$0.301
Standardstepfun/step-3.5-flash
ComponentUnitStandard
Text cached in/1M tok$0.02
Text input/1M tok$0.09
Text output/1M tok$0.30
OpenRouter$0.10$0.301

Price history

OpenRouter routed quote

OpenRouter's price is a routed quote. It moves with whichever upstream route OpenRouter prefers that day, so we do not track it as a price history.

Cost calculator

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$42
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Model IDs

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stepfun/step-3.5-flashstepfun/step-3.5-flash

Frequently asked questions

Step 3.5 Flash pricing, context and availability

How much does Step 3.5 Flash cost?

Step 3.5 Flash costs $0.09 per 1M input tokens as a Vercel reseller quote, and $0.30 per 1M output tokens as an OpenRouter routed quote. A Vercel reseller quote is the price Vercel lists for serving this model, not the maker list price, so it moves when Vercel re-routes. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day. Across 2 serving providers, input prices range from $0.09 to $0.10 per 1M tokens.

What is the context window of Step 3.5 Flash?

Step 3.5 Flash accepts up to 262K tokens of context and can return up to 66K output tokens.

Which providers serve Step 3.5 Flash?

Step 3.5 Flash is available from 2 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. Vercel is currently the cheapest, as a routed quote.

What can Step 3.5 Flash do?

Step 3.5 Flash supports tool use and reasoning.

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