# K-EXAONE 2.0 vs o3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for K-EXAONE 2.0 and o3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/k-exaone-2-0-vs-o3
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for K-EXAONE 2.0 and o3.

## Summary

- K-EXAONE 2.0 and o3 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | K-EXAONE 2.0 | o3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LG AI Research | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 47.55 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $2.00 / $8.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 77.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 37.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 63.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 72.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 49 (Estimated · #87/183)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 83.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 18.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 87.4 (#33/123)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 72.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PolyMath | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 37.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 18.685% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 2.083% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare K-EXAONE 2.0 and o3 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [K-EXAONE 2.0 vs o3-pro](/compare/k-exaone-2-0-vs-o3-pro)
- [o3 vs o3-pro](/compare/o3-vs-o3-pro)
- [K-EXAONE 2.0 vs o3-mini](/compare/k-exaone-2-0-vs-o3-mini)
- [o3 vs o3-mini](/compare/o3-vs-o3-mini)

## Explore More

- [K-EXAONE 2.0 profile](/models/k-exaone-2-0)
- [o3 profile](/models/o3)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)