GLM-5 vs Step-3.5-Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
| Characteristic | GLM-5 | Step-3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Zhipu AI | StepFun |
| Release Date | February 10, 2026 | February 1, 2026 |
| Parameters | 744B | 196B |
| Multimodal | No | Yes |
| Context (input) | 200K | 66K |
| Context (output) | 128K | 8K |
| Input Price / 1M | — | $0.10 |
| Output Price / 1M | $0.00 | $0.40 |
| Average Score | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| BrowseComp | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Visual Benchmark Comparison
GLM-5
Step-3.5-Flash
Terminal-Bench 2.00.6 vs 0.4
0.6
0.4
BrowseComp0.8 vs 0.7
0.8
0.7
SWE-Bench Verified0.8 vs 0.7
0.8
0.7
Verdict
GLM-5 leads in 1 out of 4 comparison categories.
Overall Performance
Both models show comparable average scores: GLM-5 — 0.7, Step-3.5-Flash — 0.8.
Programming
On SWE-Bench, both models are nearly equal: GLM-5 — 0.8, Step-3.5-Flash — 0.7.
Context Window
GLM-5 supports a larger context: 200K vs 66K tokens.
Recency
Both models were released around the same time: 2/10/2026 and 2/1/2026.
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