Step 3.5 Flash

by StepFun

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Step 3.5 Flash is StepFun's open-source reasoning model built on a sparse Mixture of Experts architecture with 196.81B total parameters and roughly 11B active per token. It delivers high throughput through a 45-layer transformer, 3-way multi-token prediction, and hybrid sliding-window attention, generating 100-300 tokens per second in typical usage. The model excels at agentic coding and software engineering, achieving 74.4% on SWE-bench Verified and 97.3 on AIME 2025. It provides reliable function calling and tool orchestration for multi-step task decomposition. Key strengths include a 256K token context window for long-document processing, Apache 2.0 licensing, and open weights for self-hosting. The model targets a strong speed-to-capability ratio, making it well-suited for real-time agent workflows, logical reasoning, mathematics, deep research, and complex task planning.

Key info

Input
Output
Features
Context window
262K
Max output
262K
Input price
$0.09 /1M
Output price
$0.30 /1M
Released
  • US residency available
  • Zero data retention on pay-as-you-go
  • No training by default
  • no-KYC deposit available

Available routes

Step 3.5 Flash runs on 1 route through the qynio gateway. Compare residency, zero retention, and training posture at a glance β€” full data-handling detail per route below.

ProviderRegionZero data retentionTrainingInputOutput
USZero data retentionNo$0.09$0.30

Uptime and availability

Step 3.5 Flash runs on a single route through the qynio gateway today, so its availability is that provider's availability.

100%route uptime, last 30 days
Single route, no failover target within this model.

Name a second model in the same request and the gateway tries it on retriable errors, so a busy hour never has to reach your users. .

Measured over the last 30 days from each provider's official status feed via StatusGator. Refreshed hourly. See uptime for every provider qynio monitors.

Data handling per route

Each route hosting Step 3.5 Flash has its own privacy posture, residency, and no-KYC terms. Postures are maintained by qynio with a last-verification timestamp.

DeepInfra β€” United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Zero data retention is on by default on Pay-as-you-go β€” no action required. No training on customer data. US; unknown; deposit available.

Zero data retention
On by default on Pay-as-you-go. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
None
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
no-KYC deposit
deposit available
Transfer mechanism
unknown

Benchmarks

Independent benchmark scores β€” composite indices for reasoning, coding, and math, plus individual eval scores where available.

Intelligence Index26.5
Reasoning & knowledge
GPQA Diamond
83%
Humanity's Last Exam
25%
Long-context reasoning
60%
Coding
SciCode
39%
Agentic & tool use
Terminal-Bench Hard
33%
τ²-Bench Telecom
87%
Math & instruction following
IFBench
67%

Get started

Call Step 3.5 Flash through the qynio gateway with one API key. Let your coding agent set it up, or call it directly β€” qynio is drop-in compatible with the OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google AI SDKs.

Set it up with your agent

Copy this and paste it into a coding agent like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and it'll wire up qynio for you.

Or call it directly

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
apiKey: process.env.QYN_API_KEY,
baseURL: "https://api.qyn.io/v3/compat",
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "deepinfra/stepfun-ai/Step-3.5-Flash",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

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