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Atria Dawn Preview vs Step3-VL-10B

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 25.5.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · StepFun · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 25.5, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Step3-VL-10B

  • you are already invested in the StepFun ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Step3-VL-10B
StepFun
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
25.5
#156
Reasoning
50.5
#12
25.4
#151
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Context window
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Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 6 for Step3-VL-10B

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and Step3-VL-10Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

734.0B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 734.0B more parameters than Step3-VL-10B, making it 7340.0% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
StepFun
Step3-VL-10B
10.0Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
10.0B
Step3-VL-10B

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Step3-VL-10B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Atria Dawn Preview does not.

Step3-VL-10B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Atria Dawn Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Step3-VL-10B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Step3-VL-10B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Step3-VL-10B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Step3-VL-10B was released on 2026-01-15.

Atria Dawn Preview is 8 months newer than Step3-VL-10B.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

7mo newer
Step3-VL-10B

Jan 15, 2026

8 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Step3-VL-10B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Step3-VL-10B.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Step3-VL-10B?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 25.5. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Step3-VL-10B is made by StepFun. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Step3-VL-10B in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Step3-VL-10B scores MMBench: 91.8%, AIME 2025: 87.7%, MathVista: 84.0%, MMMU: 78.1%, MathVision: 70.8%.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Step3-VL-10B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 25.5), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Step3-VL-10B?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Step3-VL-10B is developed by StepFun.

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