Step 3.5 Flash 2603

StepFun (China)MCP Tool CallReasoning
stepfun/step-3.5-flash-2603Open Weights

StepFun flash model for efficient multimodal reasoning, coding, and tool use

Benchmark Pricing$0.10 / 1M in$0.31 / 1M out$0.02 cache read
Context: 256,000 tokens•Max Output: 256,000 tokens•Knowledge: 2025-01•Released: 2026-04-02

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window256,000256K tokens
Max Output256,000256K tokens
LicenseOpen SourceSelf-hostable
Input Modalities
Text
Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)
Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ Step 3.5 Flash 2603 natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.

MCP Context Window Recommendations

With a context capacity of 256,000 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

STANDARDIZED BENCHMARKS & EVALS

Artificial Analysis Coding Indexindex
34.6
SciCodepercent correct
38.5
Terminal-Bench Hardsuccess rate
32.6

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling Step 3.5 Flash 2603 via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.STEPFUN_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "stepfun/step-3.5-flash-2603",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

PRICING BY PROVIDER

4 providers
StepFun (China)step-3.5-flash-2603
$0.10 / $0.31$0.02 cache
NanoGPTstepfun-ai/step-3.5-flash-2603
$0.10 / $0.30$0.05 cache
StepFun (Global)step-3.5-flash-2603
$0.10 / $0.30$0.02 cache
EmpirioLabs AIstep-3-5-flash-2603
$0.10 / $0.30$0.02 cache

Rates in USD per 1M tokens. Rates synchronized from models.dev public catalog.

Prompt Caching Active

This model supports prompt caching at $0.02 / 1M tokens, saving up to 80% on repetitive MCP tool definitions and system instructions.