DeepSeek V3 vs K-Exaone

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

DeepSeek V3 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 54 to 49. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

K-Exaone is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek V3 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.

Quick Verdict

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

Agentic

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Coding

K-Exaone

DeepSeek V3

39.2

K-Exaone

49.4

37.6%
LiveCodeBench
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42%
SWE-bench Verified
49.4%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

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48.7%
LongBench v2
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Knowledge

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59.1%
GPQA
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75.9%
MMLU-Pro
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24.9%
SimpleQA
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Instruction Following

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86.1%
IFEval
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Multilingual

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Mathematics

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39.2%
AIME 2024
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90.2%
MATH-500
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or K-Exaone?

DeepSeek V3 is ahead overall, 54 to 49. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 42% and 49.4%.

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

K-Exaone has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 49.4 versus 39.2. 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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