Which is better for coding — GPT-5.4 or Step-3.5-Flash?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — GPT-5.4 or Step-3.5-Flash?

Step-3.5-Flash is cheaper for input: $0.10 per 1M tokens vs $2.50.

Which has a larger context window — GPT-5.4 or Step-3.5-Flash?

GPT-5.4 supports a larger context: 1,000,000 tokens vs 65,536.

GPT-5.4 vs Step-3.5-Flash: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	GPT-5.4	Step-3.5-Flash
Company	OpenAI	StepFun
Release Date	March 5, 2026	February 1, 2026
Parameters	—	196B
Multimodal	Yes	Yes
Context (input)	1.0M	66K
Context (output)	128K	8K
Input Price / 1M	$2.50	$0.10
Output Price / 1M	$15.00	$0.40
Average Score	0.9	0.8

Verdict

GPT-5.4 leads in 2 out of 4 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: GPT-5.4 — 0.9, Step-3.5-Flash — 0.8.

API Cost

Step-3.5-Flash is 35.0x cheaper: input $0.10/1M vs $2.50/1M tokens.

Context Window

GPT-5.4 supports a larger context: 1M vs 66K tokens.

Recency

GPT-5.4 is newer: released 3/5/2026 vs 2/1/2026.

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GPT-5.4

OpenAI — specs, benchmarks, API

Step-3.5-Flash

StepFun — specs, benchmarks, API

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