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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs Step 3.7 Flash
Live dataset updated 9/15/2026, 9:19:37 PM UTC
Open 1200×630 evidence receipt| Field | Step 3.7 Flash StepFun | |
|---|---|---|
| ModelCap position | #100 | #97 |
| Index score | 45.0 | 47.7 |
| Evidence | Measured2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards | Estimated3 reported rows against measured corpus ladders (11%); global-corpus-prior over 194 held-out anchors (20%); measured predecessor stepfun/step-3.5-flash less the succession penalty (69%); shrunk 1.1 up toward the measured corpus |
| Input / 1M | $0.048 | $0.20 |
| Output / 1M | $0.193 | $1.15 |
| Pricing status | fresh | fresh |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Providers | 5 | 3 |
| Weight access | Open weights | Open weights |
Decision facts
- Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is #100; Step 3.7 Flash is #97 on the same current language board.
- Index scores are 45.0 for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and 47.7 for Step 3.7 Flash. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
- Evidence differs: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is Measured; Step 3.7 Flash is Estimated.
- Listed output price per 1M tokens is $0.19 for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and $1.15 for Step 3.7 Flash. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $0.19 for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 versus $0.97 for Step 3.7 Flash. Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 costs 80.2% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
- Published context is 262,144 tokens for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and 262,144 for Step 3.7 Flash.
- ModelCap currently lists 5 providers for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and 3 for Step 3.7 Flash.
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