Grok 3 Mini vs K-Exaone

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

K-Exaone finishes one point ahead overall, 49 to 48. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

K-Exaone's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 49.4 against 41.5.

K-Exaone gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Grok 3 Mini.

Quick Verdict

Pick K-Exaone if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

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Coding

K-Exaone

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

K-Exaone

49.4

41.5%
LiveCodeBench
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SWE-bench Verified
49.4%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

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Knowledge

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66.2%
GPQA
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78.9%
MMLU-Pro
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21.7%
SimpleQA
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Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

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95.8%
AIME 2024
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 3 Mini or K-Exaone?

K-Exaone is ahead overall, 49 to 48.

Which is better for coding, Grok 3 Mini or K-Exaone?

K-Exaone has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 49.4 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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