GLM-5 vs K-Exaone

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

GLM-5 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 63 to 49. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-5's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 62.2 against 49.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 77.8% to 49.4%.

K-Exaone is the reasoning model in the pair, while GLM-5 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 200K for GLM-5.

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 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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56.2%
Terminal-Bench 2.0
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62%
BrowseComp
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Coding

GLM-5

GLM-5

62.2

K-Exaone

49.4

77.8%
SWE-bench Verified
49.4%
52%
LiveCodeBench
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62.8%
SWE-Rebench
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Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

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Knowledge

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91.7%
MMLU
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82%
MMLU-Pro
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30.5%
HLE
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84%
SimpleQA
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Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

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93.3%
AIME 2025
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97.4%
MATH-500
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-5 or K-Exaone?

GLM-5 is ahead overall, 63 to 49. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 77.8% and 49.4%.

Which is better for coding, GLM-5 or K-Exaone?

GLM-5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 62.2 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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