Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Step 3

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

Step 3 StepFun

40.5

Rank #149 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 84.0 to 37.6.
  • Step 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Step 3 specifications
GPT-5.5 ProStep 3
ProviderOpenAIStepFun
Noometry Index64.340.5
Released2026-04-23—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1417

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Step 3: 40.1 (#147)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProStep 3
LMArena Coding—1367

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProStep 3
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench76.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.3%
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30.6%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1355
DTBench96%—
LMCA53.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.07—

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProStep 3
GPQA Diamond93.9%—
LMArena Expert—1333

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProStep 3
LMArena Vision—1177

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Step 3: 46.3 (#159)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProStep 3
LMArena Non-English—1327
LMArena Chinese—1397
LMArena German—1371
LMArena Korean—1269
LMArena Russian—1331
LMArena Spanish—1371

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Step 3: 70.4 (#164)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProStep 3
LMArena Instruction Following—1332

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Step 3: 40.3 (#157)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProStep 3
LMArena Longer Query—1326

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Step 3: 54.3 (#151)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProStep 3
LMArena Text—1350
LMArena Creative Writing—1321
LMArena Multi-Turn—1341

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Step 3?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and Step 3 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.

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