# K-EXAONE 2.0 vs Step 5 Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for K-EXAONE 2.0 and Step 5 Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/k-exaone-2-0-vs-step-5-preview
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Step 5 Preview 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

- Step 5 Preview leads overall 72 to 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 43.8% and 85.0%.
- K-EXAONE 2.0 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Step 5 Preview also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LG AI Research | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 15 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.00 / $2.70 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | 85.0% | Step 5 Preview |
| Claw-Eval | 77.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 33.30% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 44.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.8% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 29.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 37.4% | 58.9% | Step 5 Preview |
| SWE-bench Verified | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 43.8% | 85.0% | Step 5 Preview |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 61.2 (#28/49)

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 60.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 76% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 83.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 82.2% | 93.5% | Step 5 Preview |
| HLE | 18.3% | 46.5% | Step 5 Preview |
| MMMLU | 86.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PolyMath | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 72.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 92.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | 78.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, K-EXAONE 2.0 or Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview 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 Step 5 Preview cover on BenchLM?

Step 5 Preview currently has 22 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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