Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Step 3
Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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StepFunSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 4 categories and Step 3 in 5 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 3 leads 27.6 to 15.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 37.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 62.3% for Step 3.
- Step 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | StepFun | |
| Noometry Index | 34.8 | 39.9 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 54 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 3 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.2 (#308), Step 3: 39.5 (#144)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1351 | 1367 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.0 (#85), Step 3: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Step 3 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#308), Step 3: 27.6 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | 62.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1355 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.1 (#127), Step 3: 34.9 (#148)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1351 | 1366 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Step 3 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#207), Step 3: 36.2 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1340 | 1333 |
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 35.9 (#74), Step 3: 34.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | 1176 |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.6 (#144), Step 3: 46.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1327 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1354 | 1371 |
| LMArena Korean | 1314 | 1271 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | 1372 |
| LMArena French | 1390 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1293 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.6 (#91), Step 3: 70.6 (#159)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1332 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context Step 3 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#198), Step 3: 40.3 (#152)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1345 | 1326 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
Writing & Preference Step 3 leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.8 (#184), Step 3: 54.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1351 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1322 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 1340 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Step 3?
Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Step 3 better for coding?
Step 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 28.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Step 3 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.