Compare · ModelsLive · 2 picked · head to head
Gemini 4 Carbon vs Step 3.5 Flash
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Gemini 4 Carbon wins on 0/0 benchmarks
Not enough overlapping benchmarks to declare a winner yet · Gemini 4 Carbon · Step 3.5 Flash are still filling in scores.
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Gemini 4 Carbon
#1 by perf·#8 by attention
Step 3.5 Flash
#6 by perf·no signal
Best value
Step 3.5 Flash
26.9x better value than Gemini 4 Carbon
Gemini 4 Carbon
14.3 pts/$
$6.00/M
Step 3.5 Flash
384.5 pts/$
$0.20/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
Google DeepMind
$3.61T·Tier 1
StepFun
$5.0B·Tier 1
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.00 | $10.00 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $40.00 | |
| $0.10 | $0.30 | 262K tokens (~131 books) | $1.50 |
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