Step 3.5 Flash vs Llama 4 Behemoth

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Step 3.5 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 66 to 40. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Step 3.5 Flash's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 47.1 against 14.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MuSR, 82 to 44.

Step 3.5 Flash gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for Llama 4 Behemoth.

Quick Verdict

Pick Step 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 4 Behemoth only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

60.2

Llama 4 Behemoth

34.6

62
Terminal-Bench 2.0
33
66
BrowseComp
38
54
OSWorld-Verified
34

Coding

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

47.1

Llama 4 Behemoth

14.1

77
HumanEval
40
48
SWE-bench Verified
15
45
LiveCodeBench
13
49
SWE-bench Pro
15

Multimodal & Grounded

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

66.7

Llama 4 Behemoth

55.1

64
MMMU-Pro
60
70
OfficeQA Pro
49

Reasoning

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

78.3

Llama 4 Behemoth

47.1

82
SimpleQA
46
82
MuSR
44
83
BBH
62
74
LongBench v2
46
73
MRCRv2
46

Knowledge

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

60.8

Llama 4 Behemoth

36.7

84
MMLU
48
83
GPQA
47
81
SuperGPQA
45
79
OpenBookQA
43
76
MMLU-Pro
54
12
HLE
3
71
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

87

Llama 4 Behemoth

68

87
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

82.8

Llama 4 Behemoth

62.8

86
MGSM
66
81
MMLU-ProX
61

Mathematics

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

84.5

Llama 4 Behemoth

52.9

85
AIME 2023
48
87
AIME 2024
50
86
AIME 2025
49
81
HMMT Feb 2023
44
83
HMMT Feb 2024
46
82
HMMT Feb 2025
45
84
BRUMO 2025
47
85
MATH-500
60

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Step 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Step 3.5 Flash is ahead overall, 66 to 40. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MuSR, where the scores are 82 and 44.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.8 versus 36.7. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Step 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 47.1 versus 14.1. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Step 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 52.9. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Step 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 47.1. Inside this category, MuSR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.2 versus 34.6. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.7 versus 55.1. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Step 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.8 versus 62.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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