Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Exaone 4.0 32B
65
Grok 4.3
79
Pick Grok 4.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Exaone 4.0 32B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Knowledge
+27.9 difference
Exaone 4.0 32B
Grok 4.3
N/A
$1.25 / $2.5
N/A
209 t/s
N/A
12.36s
128K
1M
Pick Grok 4.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Exaone 4.0 32B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.
Grok 4.3 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 79 to 65. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Grok 4.3 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Exaone 4.0 32B.
Grok 4.3 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 79 to 65.
Exaone 4.0 32B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.8 versus 53.9. Grok 4.3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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