# K-EXAONE 2.0 vs Ling 3.0 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for K-EXAONE 2.0 and Ling 3.0 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/k-exaone-2-0-vs-ling-3-0-flash
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Ling 3.0 Flash 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

- Ling 3.0 Flash leads overall 47.51 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HMMT Feb 2026 in Mathematics, with scores of 78.4% and 87.0%.
- Ling 3.0 Flash is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Ling 3.0 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LG AI Research | InclusionAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Overall Score | null | 47.51 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 41.9 (Estimated · #108/152)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 77.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.8% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 72.2% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 70.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 50.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #113/151)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 37.4% | 41.2% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 56.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 71.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 44.6 (Supported · #113/183)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 83.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 82.2% | 85.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| HLE | 18.3% | 22.7% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| MMMLU | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 75.6 (#60/123)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 72.6% | 74.5% | Ling 3.0 Flash |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PolyMath | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ling 3.0 Flash public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Ling 3.0 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 92.3% | 93.2% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 78.4% | 87.0% | Ling 3.0 Flash |
| IMOAnswerBench | 78.6% | 83.7% | Ling 3.0 Flash |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, K-EXAONE 2.0 or Ling 3.0 Flash?

Ling 3.0 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Ling 3.0 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Ling 3.0 Flash currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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