Step 5 Preview
stepfun · stepfun/step-5-preview
StepFun's next-generation flagship base model for coding and professional knowledge work, with native text, image, and video input and a 1M-token context window
≈667k Chinese characters of context · Reads images · Step-by-step reasoning · Calls tools / agents · Structured JSON output
Read a 200,000-Chinese-character book and write a 2,000-Chinese-character summary: about $0.30
An order-of-magnitude estimate at 1.5 tokens per Chinese character and the vendor's own rate — not a quote. Full method: the glossary on the AI Models page.
Specs
| Context | 1,000,000(≈667k Chinese characters) |
|---|---|
| Max output | 1,000,000 |
| Structured output | Yes |
| Open weights | No |
| Released | 2026-09-16 |
Source: models.dev snapshot 2026-09-28
Who serves it, at what price
| Provider | In /M | Out /M | Cache read /M |
|---|---|---|---|
| StepFun (China)first-party | $0.959 | $2.741 | $0.048 |
| AIHubMix | $1.08 | $3.0888 | $0.054 |
| EmpirioLabs AI | $1 | $2.7 | $0.05 |
| StepFun (Global) | $1 | $2.7 | $0.05 |
| StepFun Step Plan (Global) | — | — | — |
| StepFun Step Plan (China) | — | — | — |
Rows tagged “first-party” are the model vendor's own pricing; untagged rows are resale channels and may differ.
When to choose it
We have not assessed this model. It comes from the full models.dev snapshot — the specs are the vendor's published figures, and a price is the vendor's own only on rows tagged first-party; the rest are resale channels. The fit is simply not something anyone here has written.
Leaderboard
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