Compare · ModelsLive · 2 picked · head to head

ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview (free) vs Step 3.5 Flash (free)

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview (free) · Step 3.5 Flash (free) are still filling in scores.

Hype vs Reality
ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview (free)
no bench·no signal
QUIET
Step 3.5 Flash (free)
no bench·no signal
QUIET
Best value
ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview (free)
n/a
$0.00/M
Step 3.5 Flash (free)
n/a
$0.00/M
Vendor risk
One or more vendors flagged
baidu logo
Baidu
$45.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
stepfun logo
StepFun
$5.0B·Tier 1
Higher risk
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
baidu logoERNIE-5.5-Flash-Preview (free)$0.00$0.001.0M tokens (~512 books)n/a
stepfun logoStep 3.5 Flash (free)$0.00$0.00256K tokens (~128 books)n/a