Qwen3 32B vs StepFun Step 3.5 Flash
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Qwen3 32B is 1.2× cheaper at a typical mix of 3 input tokens per output token.
- Step 3.5 Flash accepts longer prompts: 262K vs 131K tokens.
- Step 3.5 Flash is the newer model (released 2026-01-29).
| Qwen3 32B | Step 3.5 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen | StepFun |
| Released | 2025-04-28 | 2026-01-29 |
| Input / 1M | $0.08 | $0.10 |
| Output / 1M | $0.28 | $0.30 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.13 | $0.15 |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 16K | 66K |
| Accepts | text | text |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 2 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.28 | $0.30 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 98.7% | 99.22% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | — |
Cost calculator
Qwen3 32B
$9.00 per month$0.30 per day
Step 3.5 Flash
$10.50 per month$0.35 per day
Qwen3 32B saves $1.50 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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