LIVE
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
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step-2-16k

StepFun
Efficiency score
80/100
6.9%
Input price
$5.28/ 1M tokens
Output price
$16.67/ 1M tokens
Context window
16K
Throughput
165tok/s
Availability
98.7%
Cost / task
$0.019

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Text
Produces (output)
Text

7-day heat trend

6.9%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$5.28/ 1M tokens
$0.0053 / 1K
Output price
$16.67/ 1M tokens
$0.0167 / 1K
Blended price
$13.82/ 1M tokens
$0.0138 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$3,584/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$7,836/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$9,803/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 2% of tracked models
  • Faster than 82% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #1083 of 1105

Best suited for

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

About step-2-16k

Step 2 16K is a StepFun trillion-parameter text model for higher-quality planning and generation workloads.

step-2-16k is a Text model from StepFun (CN). HotON.ai tracks it at $5.28 per 1M input tokens and $16.67 per 1M output tokens, with a 16K-token context window, ~165 tokens/sec throughput and 98.7% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 80/100 at an estimated $0.019 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does step-2-16k cost per 1M tokens?+

step-2-16k is tracked at $5.28 per 1M input tokens and $16.67 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $13.82 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is step-2-16k best for?+

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

How fast is step-2-16k?+

step-2-16k delivers about 165 tokens/sec with 98.7% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is step-2-16k cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, step-2-16k is cheaper than 2% of models on input price and ranks #1083 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.