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Step 5 Preview

stepfun/step-5-preview
  • StepFun
  • Family · Step 5
  • Released 18 Sep 2026
  • Open weights
  • Text · Image · Video → Text
  • Reasoning · adjustable
  • Tools · JSON · Vision
Not on OSMEXO yet
Spec & list price
Context1M
Max output64K
Input / 1M$1.00
Output / 1M$2.702.7× input
Scores · standing
Intelligence43.7#24/489
LiveBench58.6#24/32
Usage
Tokens / day799.7B▲ 63% 7d
Usage rank#8
Requests / day1.7M
Tool calls / req0.45
Per request · 30 days
Avg input208.9K14× median
Avg output1.1K1.6× median
Cache hit95%1.4× median
Reasoning share22%0.4× median
Tool-call failures1.7%0.9× median

Consumption

1.3T2.7T4.0T8 Oct20 Oct1 Nov
Peak 3.7T 14 OctLow 4.4B 17 OctRank today #8

News & trends

4 mentions this week ▼ 80%this model · videos, posts, articles · 30 days
Trending · 14 days

Benchmarks

bar = share of the top score · Benchmark data: Artificial Analysis
Long-context reasoning#2 of 393
88.3%
SciCode#15 of 160
58.9%
Humanity's Last Exam#23 of 465
46.5%
Intelligence index#24 of 489
43.7
Terminal-Bench 4.0#21 of 152
33.3%
Speed · median across 3 providers, latest day
Output speed#63/334105 tok/s1.6× faster than median
Fastest provider129 tok/sbest of 3 providers
First token#2511.85 s1.8× longer than median
First answer token#5615 sthinking included

#8 cheapest of 15 with a similar score

Value
Intelligence Index
4042444648$0.5$1$2$5Step 5 Preview
Blended price per 1M tokens (log)
LiveBench suites
Browser24.8
Coding85.6
Data Analysis63.5
Design76.9
Long Agentic19.4
Reasoning83.8
Research72.8

▲ Strongest: Coding, Reasoning. ▼ Weakest: Long Agentic (19).

Technical details

Reasoning
on · medium
Tokenizer
Other
License
other
Parameters
604B
Moderation
none
Downloads · likes
5.2K · 137
Reasoning effort
  • high
  • medium · default
  • low
Request parameters 19
  • tools
  • tool_choice
  • response_format
  • structured_outputs
  • reasoning
  • reasoning_effort
  • include_reasoning
  • temperature
  • top_p
  • top_k
+9 more
  • min_p
  • max_tokens
  • stop
  • seed
  • frequency_penalty
  • logprobs
  • presence_penalty
  • repetition_penalty
  • top_logprobs

Interesting facts

  1. Less output room than similar models (64.0K against a 129.5K median).
  2. Released 45 days ago.

When to use

Best for

  • Very long document reasoning
  • Coding and scientific problem solving
  • Image and video understanding
  • Hard analysis with adjustable reasoning effort

Think twice for

  • Browser-driving agents
  • Multi-hour autonomous agent runs
  • Production use needing a stable release
  • High-volume simple chat

Alternatives

other vendors · similar capability

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