# GPT-5.6 Sol vs Step 3.7 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.6 Sol and Step 3.7 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-6-sol-vs-step-3-7-flash
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Sol if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Step 3.7 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.6 Sol leads overall 78.49 to 41.41.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 71.6 for GPT-5.6 Sol and 32.4 for Step 3.7 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 91.9% and 59.5%.
- Step 3.7 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.6 Sol also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.6 Sol | Step 3.7 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | StepFun |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1.05M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 78.49 | 41.41 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $4.00 / $20.00 | $0.20 / $1.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 69.6 (Supported · #7/105)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 35.2 (Estimated · #56/105)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 34.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 91.9% | 59.5% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| BrowseComp | 92.2% | 75.8% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 62.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 58% | 49.5% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 26% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.8% | 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: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 71.6 (Supported · #6/135)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 32.4 (Estimated · #81/135)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 42 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 64.6% | 56.3% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 91.9% | 59.5% | GPT-5.6 Sol |
| DeepSWE | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 60.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 32.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 67.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench CII v1 | 86.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 96.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | 41.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 72.1 (#8/19)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 72.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 7.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GeneBench-Pro | 28.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 87.6 (#5/50)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 71 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 78.8 (Supported · #7/158)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 43.1 (Estimated · #78/158)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 94.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 94.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | 54.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 82.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | 60.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 33.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 95.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 87.7 (#28/124)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 80.6 (#53/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.6 Sol public-lane score: 96.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath (legacy) | 89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 89.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 83.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.6 Sol or Step 3.7 Flash?

GPT-5.6 Sol is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.6 Sol and Step 3.7 Flash?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 71.6 for GPT-5.6 Sol and 32.4 for Step 3.7 Flash.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.6 Sol cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.6 Sol currently has 37 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Step 3.7 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Step 3.7 Flash currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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