- General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 21.9 m (72.9 ft)
- Wingspan: 15.3 m (50.2 ft)
- Height: 5.90 m (19.4 ft)
- Wing area: 62.0 m² (667 ft²)
- Empty weight: 18,400 kg (40,570 lb)
- Loaded weight: 25,300 kg (56,660 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 34,500 kg (76,060 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Saturn 117S with TVC nozzle turbofan
- Dry thrust: 8,800 kgf[73] (86.3 kN, 19,400 lbf) each
- Thrust with afterburner: 14,500 kgf (142 kN, 31,900 lbf) each
- Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.25 (2,390 km/h, 1,490 mph) at altitude
- Range: 3,600 km (1,940 nmi) ; (1,580 km, 850 nmi near ground level)
- Ferry range: 4,500 km (2,430 nmi) with external fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,100 ft)
- Rate of climb: >280 m/s (>55,100 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 408 kg/m² (84.9 lb/ft²)
- Thrust/weight: 1.1
- Armament
- 1 × 30 mm GSh-30 internal cannon with 150 rounds
- 2 × wingtip rails for R-73 air-to-air missiles or ECM pods
- 12 × wing and fuselage stations for up to 8,000 kg (17,630 lb) of ordnance, including a variety of air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface missiles, rockets, and bombs such as:
- Vympel R-27: R-27R, R-27ER, R-27T, R-27ET, R-27EP, R-27AE
- Vympel R-77: R-77, and the proposed R-77M1, R-77T
- Vympel R-73: R-73E, R-73M, R-74M
- Kh-31: Kh-31A, Kh-31P Anti-Radiation Missile
- Kh-59
- Kh-29: Kh-29T, Kh-29L
- KAB-500L laser-guided bomb
- KAB-1500 laser-guided bomb
- LGB-250 laser-guided bomb
- FAB-250 250 kilograms (550 lb) unguided bombs
- FAB-500 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) unguided bombs
- S-25LD laser-guided rocket, S-250 unguided rocket
- B-8 unguided S-8 rocket pods
- B-13 unguided S-13 rocket pods