GPT-4.1 vs K-Exaone

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

GPT-4.1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 67 to 49. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4.1's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 52.4 against 49.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 54.6% to 49.4%.

K-Exaone is the reasoning model in the pair, while GPT-4.1 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. GPT-4.1 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 256K for K-Exaone.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. K-Exaone only becomes the better choice if you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Agentic

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61%
Terminal-Bench 2.0
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73%
BrowseComp
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63%
OSWorld-Verified
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Coding

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

52.4

K-Exaone

49.4

54.6%
SWE-bench Verified
49.4%
51%
SWE-bench Pro
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Multimodal & Grounded

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70%
MMMU-Pro
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78%
OfficeQA Pro
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Reasoning

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80%
LongBench v2
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82%
MRCRv2
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Knowledge

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90.2%
MMLU
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66.3%
GPQA
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61%
FrontierScience
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Instruction Following

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87.4%
IFEval
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Multilingual

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69%
MMLU-ProX
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Mathematics

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26.4%
AIME 2024
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4.1 or K-Exaone?

GPT-4.1 is ahead overall, 67 to 49. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 54.6% and 49.4%.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4.1 or K-Exaone?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 52.4 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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