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StepFun: Step3

stepfun-ai/step3

Model weights

Step3 is a cutting-edge multimodal reasoning model—built on a Mixture-of-Experts architecture with 321B total parameters and 38B active. It is designed end-to-end to minimize decoding costs while delivering top-tier performance in vision–language reasoning. Through the co-design of Multi-Matrix Factorization Attention (MFA) and Attention-FFN Disaggregation (AFD), Step3 maintains exceptional efficiency across both flagship and low-end accelerators.

Modalities

Context

66K

Released

Aug 28, 2025

Knowledge Cutoff

Jun 2025

ActivityFAQ

Activity

Token volume and request traffic to this model over time.

About StepFun: Step3

OpenRouter makes StepFun: Step3 available through a unified, OpenAI-compatible API using the model ID stepfun-ai/step3.

StepFun: Step3 accepts images and text and returns text. It has a 65,536-token context window.

It was released on August 28, 2025; its knowledge cutoff is June 30, 2025.

Frequently asked questions

Step3 is a cutting-edge multimodal reasoning model—built on a Mixture-of-Experts architecture with 321B total parameters and 38B active. It is designed end-to-end to minimize decoding costs while delivering top-tier performance in vision–language reasoning.

Step3 has a 65,536 token context window.

Step3 accepts images and text as input and returns text.

Step3 was released on August 28, 2025. Its knowledge cutoff is June 30, 2025.