# Particle-1 vs Step 3.7 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Particle-1 and Step 3.7 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/particle-1-vs-step-3-7-flash
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Particle-1 and Step 3.7 Flash share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Particle-1 has the lower published output-token price.
- Particle-1 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Particle-1 | Step 3.7 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Particle AI | StepFun |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 44.76 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.25 / $1.00 | $0.20 / $1.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 39.8 (Estimated · #75/135)

| Benchmark | Particle-1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 79.9% | 59.5% | Particle-1 |
| 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
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 32.3 (Estimated · #96/156)

| Benchmark | Particle-1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 79.9% | 59.5% | Particle-1 |
| DeepSWE | 72.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 75.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Particle-1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 44.5 (Estimated · #101/179)

| Benchmark | Particle-1 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 90.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.1 (#60/157)

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Particle-1 and Step 3.7 Flash?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, 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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