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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Step3-VL-10B

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 58.4 to 25.2.

Anthropic · StepFun · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 58.4 to 25.2, ranking #2 overall.

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

Choose Claude Sonnet 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 58.4 and ranks #2 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 need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic
Step3-VL-10B
StepFun
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
58.4
#2
25.2
#182
Reasoning
57.2
#3
25.2
#176
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$2.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$10.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Step3-VL-10B
Math
38.7#25
23.4#139
Vision
41.5#2
16.3#104
Multimodal
41.1#2
19.9#85
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

47 reported for Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 6 for Step3-VL-10B

No common benchmarks found

Claude Sonnet 5.5 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

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Sonnet 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Sonnet 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
StepFun
Step3-VL-10B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Step3-VL-10B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Step3-VL-10B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Step3-VL-10B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Step3-VL-10B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 5.5 was released on 2026-09-28, while Step3-VL-10B was released on 2026-01-15.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is 9 months newer than Step3-VL-10B.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Sep 28, 2026

3 weeks ago

8mo newer
Step3-VL-10B

Jan 15, 2026

9 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Sonnet 5.5 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Step3-VL-10B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Claude Sonnet 5.5's training data extends to 2026-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Step3-VL-10B's cutoff date.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Jun 2026

Step3-VL-10B

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Outputs Comparison

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Run your own prompts against Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Step3-VL-10B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Sonnet 5.5
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Step3-VL-10B
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Step3-VL-10B.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Step3-VL-10B?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 58.4 to 25.2. Claude Sonnet 5.5 is made by Anthropic 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 Claude Sonnet 5.5 compare to Step3-VL-10B in benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores BenchCAD (with Python tool): 96.3%, ArXivMath (with tools): 95.2%, Global-MMLU: 92.1%, MILU: 91.6%, SWE-bench Multilingual: 90.3%. Step3-VL-10B scores MMBench: 91.8%, AIME 2025: 87.7%, MathVista: 84.0%, MMMU: 78.1%, MathVision: 70.8%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Step3-VL-10B?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Step3-VL-10B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Step3-VL-10B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (58.4 vs 25.2), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Step3-VL-10B?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Step3-VL-10B is developed by StepFun.

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