# Flint vs Step 3.7 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Flint and Step 3.7 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/flint-40b-a2-5b-vs-step-3-7-flash
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Flint and Step 3.7 Flash share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Flint has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Flint | Step 3.7 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Recursive | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 43.61 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.20 / $1.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 37 (Estimated · #79/132)

| Benchmark | Flint | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.9% | 59.5% | Step 3.7 Flash |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 49.5% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 51.57% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 30.3 (Estimated · #99/153)

| Benchmark | Flint | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 80.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Flint | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 45 (Estimated · #99/187)

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Flint public-lane score: 94.7 (#3/152)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.1 (#58/152)

| Benchmark | Flint | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 95.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Flint and Step 3.7 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [Flint profile](/models/flint-40b-a2-5b)
- [Step 3.7 Flash profile](/models/step-3-7-flash)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)