Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Step3 VL 10B
Wins 4 of 7 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Images and charts · Long documents
Wins 1 of 7 areas
Following instructions
Gemini 2.5 Pro wins more areas, narrowly.Step3 VL 10B is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 26 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Gemini 2.5 Pro3 of 3 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video31Gemini 2.5 Pro3 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Gemini 2.5 Pro2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemini 2.5 Pro1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked02Step3 VL 10B2 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own00Even0 each · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Agents and long documents rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemini 2.5 Pro pulls ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+25.8points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+21.2points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+15.2points ahead
Where Step3 VL 10B pulls ahead
- Keeps track of context across a multi-turn chatMulti-Challenge+9points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+7.6points ahead
- Reads text in imagesOCRBench+3.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 26 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGemini 2.5 Pro
- Terminal-Bench HardGemini 2.5 Pro by 21.226.55.3+21.2
- SciCodeGemini 2.5 Pro by 15.246.331.1+15.2
ReasoningGemini 2.5 Pro
- GPQA DiamondGemini 2.5 Pro by 14.683.669+14.6
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 2.5 Pro by 7.21810.8+7.2
- CritPtGemini 2.5 Pro by 2.62.60+2.6
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 2.5 Pro by 25.83913.3+25.8
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationStep3 VL 10B by 7.69.116.7+7.6
Images and chartsGemini 2.5 Pro
Following instructionsStep3 VL 10B
- Multi-ChallengeStep3 VL 10B by 953.662.6+9
- IFBenchStep3 VL 10B by 1.548.750.2+1.5
Other results10 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 2.5 Pro by 42.7-16.4-59+42.7
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Gemini 2.5 Pro by 3854.116.1+38
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 2.5 Pro by 32.846.713.9+32.8
- HMMT 2025Step3 VL 10B by 26.465.792.1+26.4
- AA IntelligenceGemini 2.5 Pro by 7.3157.7+7.3
- AIME 2025Step3 VL 10B by 4.78387.7+4.7
- MATH-VisionGemini 2.5 Pro by 2.573.370.8+2.5
- LiveCodeBenchStep3 VL 10B by 2.274.276.4+2.2
- AA Agentic IndexStep3 VL 10B by 1.93.55.4+1.9
- MMBench (EN)tie93.292.4tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Step3 VL 10B?
Gemini 2.5 Pro wins four of the seven areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, images and charts and long documents. Step3 VL 10B wins following instructions. They are level on agents and facts.
Which is better for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Pro. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Step3 VL 10B wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 26 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 16 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 10 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.