# Ornith-1.5-9B vs Step 5 Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Ornith-1.5-9B and Step 5 Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/ornith-1-5-9b-vs-step-5-preview
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Step 5 Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ornith-1.5-9B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Step 5 Preview leads overall 72 to 29.39.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 46.2% and 85.0%.
- Ornith-1.5-9B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Step 5 Preview also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Ornith-1.5-9B | Step 5 Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Ornith AI | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 29.39 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 16 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.00 / $2.70 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 44.7 (Estimated · #91/154)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 46.2% | 85.0% | Step 5 Preview |
| HLE w/ tools | 30.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 54.2% | 85.6% | Step 5 Preview |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 41.2% | 74.1% | Step 5 Preview |
| WideResearch | 59.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 56.4% | 88.7% | Step 5 Preview |
| Claw-Eval | 66.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 33.30% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 44.0% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.8% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 29.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 44.8 (Estimated · #95/156)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 46.2% | 85.0% | Step 5 Preview |
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 47.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 32.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 61.2 (#28/49)

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 60.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 76% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Ornith-1.5-9B public-lane score: 36.7 (Estimated · #155/186)
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Ornith-1.5-9B | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 86.4% | 93.5% | Step 5 Preview |
| HLE | 20.2% | 46.5% | Step 5 Preview |
| HLE w/o tools | 20.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Ornith-1.5-9B or Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Ornith-1.5-9B cover on BenchLM?

Ornith-1.5-9B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Step 5 Preview cover on BenchLM?

Step 5 Preview currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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