# Apodex 1.1 vs K-EXAONE 2.0

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Apodex 1.1 and K-EXAONE 2.0 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/apodex-1-1-vs-k-exaone-2-0
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Apodex 1.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. K-EXAONE 2.0 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Apodex 1.1 leads overall 51.55 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 56.1% and 18.3%.
- K-EXAONE 2.0 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- K-EXAONE 2.0 also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Apodex 1.1 | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Apodex | LG AI Research |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | N/A | 262K |
| Overall Score | 51.55 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 15 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 53.3 (Estimated · #38/152)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.8% | 43.8% | Apodex 1.1 |
| HLE w/ tools | 56.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 38.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 77.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 52.3 (Estimated · #47/151)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 70.8% | 43.8% | Apodex 1.1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.7% | 68.2% | Apodex 1.1 |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 37.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 76.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 75.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: 54.6 (Supported · #55/183)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 56.1% | 18.3% | Apodex 1.1 |
| FrontierScience Research | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BioMysteryBench (human-difficult) | 35.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 83.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 72.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Apodex 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Apodex 1.1 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMO 2026 | 31/42 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 92.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 78.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Apodex 1.1 or K-EXAONE 2.0?

Apodex 1.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Apodex 1.1 cover on BenchLM?

Apodex 1.1 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does K-EXAONE 2.0 cover on BenchLM?

K-EXAONE 2.0 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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