K-Exaone vs Nova Pro

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

K-Exaone is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 49 to 31. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

K-Exaone's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 49.4 against 19. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 49.4% to 19%.

K-Exaone is the reasoning model in the pair, while Nova Pro 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 Nova Pro.

Quick Verdict

Pick K-Exaone if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nova Pro only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

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Coding

K-Exaone

K-Exaone

49.4

Nova Pro

19

49.4%
SWE-bench Verified
19%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

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Knowledge

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MMLU-Pro
53%
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SimpleQA
39%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

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MATH-500
59%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, K-Exaone or Nova Pro?

K-Exaone is ahead overall, 49 to 31. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 49.4% and 19%.

Which is better for coding, K-Exaone or Nova Pro?

K-Exaone has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 49.4 versus 19. 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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