Model comparison

Step 5 Preview vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 32.6 on the Noometry Index.

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Step 5 Preview StepFun

43.8

Rank #78 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where Step 5 Preview leads 50.6 to 35.4.
  • Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Step 5 Preview and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B specifications
Step 5 PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
ProviderStepFunAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index43.832.6
Released2026-09-162024-11-21
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.02M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$2.70—
Results tracked314

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Category by category

Coding Step 5 Preview leads

Step 5 Preview: 50.6 (#40), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 35.4 (#211)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkStep 5 PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena WebDev1569—
SciCode58.9%—
LMArena Coding—1236

Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads

Step 5 Preview: 38.0 (#58), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 22.9 (#172)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkStep 5 PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
CritPt20.9%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1220

Math Not comparable

Step 5 Preview: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 13.3 (#297)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkStep 5 PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—4.4%
LMArena Math—1242
MATH Level 5—42.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Step 5 Preview: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.1 (#257)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkStep 5 PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
GPQA Diamond—46.3%

Multilingual Not comparable

Step 5 Preview: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 40.1 (#217)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkStep 5 PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Non-English—1236
LMArena Chinese—1249
LMArena Russian—1246

Instruction Following Not comparable

Step 5 Preview: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 65.0 (#222)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkStep 5 PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Instruction Following—1233

Long Context Not comparable

Step 5 Preview: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#217)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkStep 5 PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Longer Query—1224

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Step 5 Preview: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.8 (#218)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkStep 5 PreviewTulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Text—1256
LMArena Creative Writing—1231
LMArena Multi-Turn—1252

Frequently asked questions

Is Step 5 Preview better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 32.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Step 5 Preview or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?

Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.6 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Step 5 Preview and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Step 5 Preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.

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