DeepSeek V3.2 vs K-Exaone

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

DeepSeek V3.2 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 62 to 49. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek V3.2's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 50.4 against 49.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 45% to 49.4%.

K-Exaone is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek V3.2 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. K-Exaone gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.2.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. K-Exaone only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 256K context window or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Agentic

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60%
Terminal-Bench 2.0
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62%
BrowseComp
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55%
OSWorld-Verified
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Coding

DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek V3.2

50.4

K-Exaone

49.4

76%
HumanEval
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45%
SWE-bench Verified
49.4%
39%
LiveCodeBench
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60.9%
SWE-Rebench
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Multimodal & Grounded

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72%
OfficeQA Pro
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Reasoning

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79%
MuSR
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81%
BBH
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69%
LongBench v2
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70%
MRCRv2
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4%
ARC-AGI-2
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Knowledge

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84%
MMLU
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83%
GPQA
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81%
SuperGPQA
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11%
HLE
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72%
FrontierScience
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81%
SimpleQA
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Instruction Following

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85%
IFEval
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Multilingual

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84%
MGSM
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81%
MMLU-ProX
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Mathematics

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84%
AIME 2023
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86%
AIME 2024
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85%
AIME 2025
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80%
HMMT Feb 2023
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82%
HMMT Feb 2024
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81%
HMMT Feb 2025
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83%
BRUMO 2025
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81%
MATH-500
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.2 or K-Exaone?

DeepSeek V3.2 is ahead overall, 62 to 49. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 45% and 49.4%.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.2 or K-Exaone?

DeepSeek V3.2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 50.4 versus 49.4. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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