Step 3 VL 10B is StepFun's language model. A 10B-parameter vision-language model from StepFun capable of understanding and reasoning over both images and text.
Specifications
Canonical IDstep-3-10b-vl
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorStepFunStepFun
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Parameters10B
Benchmarks
Intelligence Index
#397
GPQA
#279
HLE
#235
IFBench
#183
Time to First Token
#310
SciCode
#313
LCR
#488
TerminalBench Hard
#272
TAU2
#359
Output TPS
#543

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host Step 3 VL 10B, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 24 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance
Cloud
GPU
VRAM
Price
Cheapest region
g2-standard-4GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.705/hr
g2-standard-8GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.851/hr
Standard_NV16as_v4AzureAMD Radeon Instinct MI2532 GB$0.932/hr
7 more instances can run Step 3 VL 10B
Unlock the full ranked list and FP8 / INT4 quantization with a CloudPrice subscription.

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Step 5 Preview1.0M$1.00$2.70Available
Step 5 Preview————Available
Step 3.7 Flash262K$0.200$1.15Available
Step 3 VL 10B————Current
Step Image Edit 2————Available
Step 1X Edit 1.2————Available
Step 1X Edit————Available

Model IDs

step-3-10b-vl
step-3-vl-10b