Gemini 4 Carbon (Medium) vs Step 3.5 Flash

Gemini 4 Carbon (Medium) vs Step 3.5 Flash. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 4 Carbon (Medium)On the frontier
Intelligence
57.70
Total cost
$5903
StepFunStep 3.5 FlashNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
-
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 4 Carbon (Medium)Step 3.5 FlashDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)57.7Not reported— not comparable
Total AA cost (lower is better)$5,903.03Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)11.62s22.80s+96.2% Step 3.5 Flash is 96.2% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.10 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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