Aion-2.0 vs Z-1

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Aion-2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 58 to 47. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Aion-2.0's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 66 against 50.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OpenBookQA, 75 to 47.

Quick Verdict

Pick Aion-2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Z-1 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

51.7

Z-1

42.2

48
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
60
BrowseComp
49
50
OSWorld-Verified
41

Coding

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

33.2

Z-1

26.7

66
HumanEval
44
35
SWE-bench Verified
33
29
LiveCodeBench
22
37
SWE-bench Pro
30

Multimodal & Grounded

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

66

Z-1

50.5

61
MMMU-Pro
46
72
OfficeQA Pro
56

Reasoning

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

70.3

Z-1

54.8

76
SimpleQA
50
74
MuSR
48
76
BBH
74
64
LongBench v2
56
65
MRCRv2
57

Knowledge

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

54

Z-1

42.7

78
MMLU
52
77
GPQA
51
75
SuperGPQA
49
75
OpenBookQA
47
67
MMLU-Pro
64
5
HLE
6
66
FrontierScience
51

Instruction Following

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

93

Z-1

80

93
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

78.1

Z-1

72.7

80
MGSM
74
77
MMLU-ProX
72

Mathematics

Aion-2.0

Aion-2.0

72.1

Z-1

60.9

74
AIME 2023
52
76
AIME 2024
54
75
AIME 2025
53
70
HMMT Feb 2023
48
72
HMMT Feb 2024
50
71
HMMT Feb 2025
49
73
BRUMO 2025
51
71
MATH-500
73

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Aion-2.0 or Z-1?

Aion-2.0 is ahead overall, 58 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OpenBookQA, where the scores are 75 and 47.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Aion-2.0 or Z-1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 54 versus 42.7. Inside this category, OpenBookQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Aion-2.0 or Z-1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 33.2 versus 26.7. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Aion-2.0 or Z-1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 72.1 versus 60.9. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Aion-2.0 or Z-1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 70.3 versus 54.8. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Aion-2.0 or Z-1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 51.7 versus 42.2. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Aion-2.0 or Z-1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66 versus 50.5. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Aion-2.0 or Z-1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 93 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Aion-2.0 or Z-1?

Aion-2.0 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.1 versus 72.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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