Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Step 5 Preview
Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
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StepFunSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 5 Preview leads 38.0 to 20.8.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | StepFun | |
| Noometry Index | 32.9 | 43.8 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2026-09-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.02M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.70 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 5 Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233), Step 5 Preview: 50.6 (#40)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1569 |
| SciCode | — | 58.9% |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1262 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212), Step 5 Preview: 38.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | — |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.37 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | — |
| LMArena French | 1257 | — |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1220 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1242 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190), Step 5 Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | — |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Step 5 Preview?
Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Step 5 Preview better for coding?
Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.6 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Step 5 Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 3.