StepFun API model

StepFun: step-5-preview

StepFun Step 5 Preview — 600B-parameter sparse MoE flagship with 27B active parameters per token, 1M context, up to 64K output, native text/image/video understanding, always-on reasoning with low/medium/high effort, tool calling, structured output, streaming, and prompt caching.

Specs

Pricing and API details.

Transparent USD pricing. No mainland-China account or phone required. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up.

Context window

1M

Modalities

Text, image and video input

Input $/1M

$1

Output $/1M

$2.7

Endpoint

OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions

About step-5-preview

StepFun Step 5 Preview — 600B-parameter sparse MoE flagship with 27B active parameters per token, 1M context, up to 64K output, native text/image/video understanding, always-on reasoning with low/medium/high effort, tool calling, structured output, streaming, and prompt caching.

Pricing

Transparent USD pricing.

step-5-preview

$1/M input, $2.7/M output tokens. Paid in USD. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up. View live pricing Prompt cache reads are billed at $0.05 per 1M tokens. The standard input and output rates above are the live gateway book prices.

Quickstart

Copy-paste API request.

curl -X POST https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHINAAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "step-5-preview",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ]
  }'

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["CHINAAPI_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.chinaapi.ai/v1",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="step-5-preview",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the main tradeoffs for this API workload."}
    ],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Internal links

Related model pages and guides.

How do I use step-5-preview?

Use step-5-preview through ChinaAPI with an API key and the OpenAI-compatible endpoint shown above.

How much does step-5-preview cost?

step-5-preview is $1/M input, $2.7/M output tokens, paid in USD. The live pricing page is authoritative. Standard model rates follow providers' international list prices at 100%; some models have a separate Paid rate after the first top-up.

Does step-5-preview need a Chinese account?

No. ChinaAPI provides access without a mainland-China account or phone number and includes a $2 free trial. Check live pricing for the displayed USD rate.