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The AI Model Price Index

Step 5 Preview

by EmpirioLabs AI · listed Sep 2026RTV

StepFun's next-generation flagship base model for coding and professional knowledge work, with native text, image, and video input and a 1M-token context window

Current rates USD per 1M tokens

Input$1.00
Output$2.70
Cache read$0.05
Cache write—

Against the market

Input price vs. maker flagships ($/1M tokens)
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: $0.15 per 1M tokens$0.15Qwen3.8 Omni FlashQwen3.8 Omni Flash: $0.15 per 1M tokens$0.15Gemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3.8 Flash: $0.75 per 1M tokens$0.75Step 5 PreviewStep 5 Preview: $1.00 per 1M tokens$1.00GLM-5.3GLM-5.3: $1.40 per 1M tokens$1.40Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5: $2.00 per 1M tokens$2.00GPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Sol: $2.00 per 1M tokens$2.00Grok 4.7Grok 4.7: $2.00 per 1M tokens$2.00
Output price vs. maker flagships ($/1M tokens)
Qwen3.8 Omni FlashQwen3.8 Omni Flash: $0.47 per 1M tokens$0.47DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: $0.60 per 1M tokens$0.60Step 5 PreviewStep 5 Preview: $2.70 per 1M tokens$2.70Gemini 3.8 FlashGemini 3.8 Flash: $3.75 per 1M tokens$3.75GLM-5.3GLM-5.3: $4.40 per 1M tokens$4.40Grok 4.7Grok 4.7: $6.00 per 1M tokens$6.00Claude Sonnet 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5: $10.00 per 1M tokens$10.00GPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Sol: $10.00 per 1M tokens$10.00

On the record

Model id
step-5-preview
Context window
1.0M tokens
Max output
131K tokens
Input modalities
text, image, video
Output modalities
text
Reasoning
yes
Tool calls
yes
Open weights
no
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released
2026-09-16
Last updated
2026-09-20
Provider docs
docs.empiriolabs.ai

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