Gemma 3n E2B Instructed vs Step-3.5-Flash Comparison
Comparing Gemma 3n E2B Instructed and Step-3.5-Flash across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Step-3.5-Flash is better at 1 benchmark (AIME 2025).
Step-3.5-Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Step-3.5-Flash has 188.0B more parameters than Gemma 3n E2B Instructed, making it 2350.0% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Step-3.5-Flash specifies input context (65,536 tokens). Only Step-3.5-Flash specifies output context (8,192 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed supports multimodal inputs, whereas Step-3.5-Flash does not.
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed
Step-3.5-Flash
License
Usage and distribution terms
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed is licensed under a proprietary license, while Step-3.5-Flash uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed was released on 2025-06-26, while Step-3.5-Flash was released on 2026-02-02.
Step-3.5-Flash is 7 months newer than Gemma 3n E2B Instructed.
Jun 26, 2025
8 months ago
Feb 2, 2026
1 months ago
7mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Step-3.5-Flash's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Gemma 3n E2B Instructed's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Step-3.5-Flash's cutoff date.
Jun 2024
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Step-3.5-Flash
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Detailed Comparison
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