# GPT-4.1 mini vs Step 3.7 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.1 mini and Step 3.7 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-step-3-7-flash
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for GPT-4.1 mini and Step 3.7 Flash.

## Summary

- GPT-4.1 mini and Step 3.7 Flash do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.1 mini | Step 3.7 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | StepFun |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 29.36 | 43.7 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.40 / $1.60 | $0.20 / $1.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 37.1 (Estimated · #74/126)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 59.5% | Coming soon |
| 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
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 16.3 (Estimated · #128/149)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 30.2 (Estimated · #95/149)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 23.6% | 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
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 56.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 51 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 31.4 (Supported · #148/182)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 45 (Estimated · #96/182)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 64.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 44.2 (#106/146)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.1 (#54/146)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 88.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-4.1 mini public-lane score: 27 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 6.667% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare GPT-4.1 mini and Step 3.7 Flash on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-gpt-4-1-mini)
- [Step 3.7 Flash vs GPT-4.1](/compare/gpt-4-1-vs-step-3-7-flash)
- [GPT-4.1 mini vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-gpt-4-1-nano)
- [Step 3.7 Flash vs GPT-4.1 nano](/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-step-3-7-flash)

## Explore More

- [GPT-4.1 mini profile](/models/gpt-4-1-mini)
- [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)