Model comparison

Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Step 3.7 Flash

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet Anthropic

39.4

Rank #154 Confirmed

Step 3.7 Flash StepFun

36.5

Rank #207 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 40.9 to 35.7.
  • Step 3.7 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Step 3.7 Flash specifications
Claude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
ProviderAnthropicStepFun
Noometry Index39.436.5
Released2025-02-242026-05-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—256K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.18
Output $ / M tokens—$1.11
Results tracked585

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Category by category

Coding Claude 3.7 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 41.1 (#120), Step 3.7 Flash: 39.4 (#147)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
SWE-bench Verified61%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)52.8%—
Aider Polyglot64.9%—
SciCode—40%
GSO3.8%—
LiveBench Coding74.5%—
LMArena Coding1361—
CadEval54%—
ALE-Bench—694.12

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 33.9 (#46), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
TheAgentCompany30.9%—
Cybench20%—
DeepResearch Bench43.6%—
OSWorld35.8%—
METR Time Horizons60%—

Reasoning Step 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 18.7 (#252), Step 3.7 Flash: 20.9 (#211)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
ARC-AGI-20.9%—
SimpleBench46.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)—39.7%
ARC-AGI-128.6%—
CritPt—2.3%
EnigmaEval4.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning87.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1333—
LiveBench Data Analysis74%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.16—
ForecastBench61.8—
LiveBench76.1%—

Math Step 3.7 Flash leads

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 35.7 (#137), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.9 (#74)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—68.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%—
Omni-MATH33%—
LiveBench Math79%—
LMArena Math1336—
MATH Level 591.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 39.7 (#117), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond79.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam8%—
MMLU-Pro78.4%—
Confabulations14.7%—
GPQA (HELM)60.8%—
LMArena Expert1321—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 33.1 (#90), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision1169—
GeoBench68%—
VPCT39%—
SpatialViz-Bench33.9%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 44.3 (#174), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1296—
LMArena Chinese1299—
LMArena French1302—
LMArena German1301—
LMArena Japanese1268—
LMArena Korean1249—
LMArena Russian1311—
LMArena Spanish1299—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 73.1 (#120), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
LiveBench Instruction Following81.3%—
IFEval83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following1352—

Long Context Not comparable

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 50.2 (#10), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—
LMArena Longer Query1373—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude 3.7 Sonnet: 54.6 (#145), Step 3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.7 SonnetStep 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1314—
LMArena Creative Writing1332—
Short-Story Creative Writing81.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1412—
WildBench81.4%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1339—
LiveBench Language59.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet better than Step 3.7 Flash?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.1 versus 39.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Step 3.7 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.7 Sonnet has 58 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.

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