# K-EXAONE 2.0 vs Solar Open 2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for K-EXAONE 2.0 and Solar Open 2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Treat this as a split decision: use the category and benchmark breakdown to decide which profile better matches your workload.

## Summary

- K-EXAONE 2.0 and Solar Open 2 are tied on overall score, so the decision depends on category fit rather than the headline number.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HMMT Feb 2026 in Mathematics, with scores of 78.4% and 93.9%.
- Solar Open 2 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Solar Open 2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LG AI Research | Upstage |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Solar Open 2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Solar Open 2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 77.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBenchHard | Coming soon | 28.3% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 16.6% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 58.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Solar Open 2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Solar Open 2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 37.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.2% | 70.4% | Solar Open 2 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Solar Open 2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Solar Open 2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 83.5% | 86.2% | Solar Open 2 |
| GPQA-D | 82.2% | 86.3% | Solar Open 2 |
| HLE | 18.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Solar Open 2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Solar Open 2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 72.6% | 80% | Solar Open 2 |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Solar Open 2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Solar Open 2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PolyMath | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Solar Open 2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Solar Open 2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 92.3% | 95.7% | Solar Open 2 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 78.4% | 93.9% | Solar Open 2 |
| IMOAnswerBench | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, K-EXAONE 2.0 or Solar Open 2?

K-EXAONE 2.0 and Solar Open 2 are tied on overall score in the current BenchLM data.

### 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 Solar Open 2 cover on BenchLM?

Solar Open 2 currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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