Consulting and Recommendations Benchmark (StepFun)
Step 3.5 Flash 70.5% Only in system cards Models answer 500 advice queries taken from Reddit, Stack Exchange and forums. Model judges score usefulness, logic, instruction following and tone against an expert reference set at 88.
In-house StepFun evaluation. The tasks are not public.
- Level
- Everyday Most adults, without training
- Scored
- Graded by a model A language model scores each response, usually against a rubric.
- Answers
- Open-ended Free-form text, documents, designs or media judged as a whole.
Step 3.5 Flash leads with 70.5%
Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.
- 1 Step 3.5 Flash 70.5%
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step 3.5 Flash | 70.5% | Feb 2026 | Model card |
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Labs report it only in system cards
We read the headline results of 479 launch posts from 51 labs, and none of them list this benchmark. Some system cards do, below.
One system card reports it
Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2026 | Step 3.5 Flash technical report | 70.5 | Consulting and Recommendations Benchmark, in-house, Average (Table 20). Usefulness 73.3, Logic 62.1, Tone 72.4, Instruction-following 74.2 | Capabilities |
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