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Claude Opus 5vsStep 3.5 Flash

Claude Opus 5 and Step 3.5 Flash do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Claude Opus 5 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
list price, input + output
Larger context
Claude Opus 5
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Anthropic · StepFun
Claude Opus 5
Anthropic · released 2026-07-24
textvision
Context
1M
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$5
Output /1M
$25
Cached /1M
$0.5
Scores
9 · 6 core
Step 3.5 Flash
StepFun · released 2026-02-12
text
Context
256K
Max out
Input /1M
Output /1M
Cached /1M
Scores
18 · 5 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkClaude Opus 5Step 3.5 FlashΔEdge
Reported by both · 0
No public benchmark is reported for both models yet.
Only Claude Opus 5 reports · 9
GPQA Diamond93.9% epochnot reported
Humanity's Last Exam (no tools)56.6% not reported
CursorBench 3.2.070% not reported
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)73.2% epochnot reported
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)85.6% epochnot reported
GDPval-AA v21824 not reported
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)98.9% epochnot reported
SimpleQA Verified59.9% epochnot reported
Terminal-Bench Science 0.129% not reported
Only Step 3.5 Flash reports · 17
SWE-bench Verifiednot reported74.4%
AIME 2025not reported97.3%
AIME 2026not reported96.7% matharena
LMArena Elonot reported1403.7
BrowseCompnot reported51.6%
BrowseComp (with context manager)not reported69%
BrowseComp-ZHnot reported66.9%
BrowseComp-ZH (with context manager)not reported73.7%
GAIA (no file)not reported84.5%
HMMT 2025 (Feb/Nov average)not reported96.2%
IMOAnswerBenchnot reported85.4%
LiveCodeBench v6not reported86.4%
ResearchRubricsnot reported65.3%
Tau2-Benchnot reported88.2%
Terminal-Bench 2.0not reported51%
xbench-DeepSearch 2025.05not reported83.7%
xbench-DeepSearch 2025.10not reported56.3%
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Claude Opus 5 minus Step 3.5 Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecClaude Opus 5Step 3.5 FlashEdge
Context window1M tokens256K tokensClaude Opus 5
Max output128K tokens
Input price / 1M$5
Output price / 1M$25
Cached input / 1M$0.5
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$30
Modalitiestext · visiontextClaude Opus 5
Released2026-07-242026-02-12
Cited benchmark scores918
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