Compare Relace Search from relace and Step 3.5 Flash from stepfun on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.
Relace Search and Step 3.5 Flash are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.
Relace Search, from relace, has a 256,000-token context window and is priced at $1/M tokens input, $3/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
Step 3.5 Flash, from stepfun, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.10/M tokens input, $0.30/M tokens output on OpenRouter.
| Attribute | Relace Search | Step 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $1/M tokens | $0.10/M tokens |
| Output price | $3/M tokens | $0.30/M tokens |
| Context window | 256,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Intelligence Index | Not available | 17.0 |
| Coding Index | Not available | Not available |
| Agentic Index | Not available | Not available |
| Latency (p50) | 0.81 s | 1.15 s |
| Throughput (p50) | 90.0 tok/s | 76.0 tok/s |
Benchmark data updated
Step 3.5 Flash is cheaper than Relace Search on OpenRouter: Step 3.5 Flash costs $0.10/M tokens input and $0.30/M tokens output, while Relace Search costs $1/M tokens input and $3/M tokens output.
Step 3.5 Flash has the longer context window at 262,144 tokens, compared with 256,000 tokens for Relace Search.
Relace Search is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 90.0 tokens per second compared with 76.0 tokens per second for Step 3.5 Flash.