Solar Pro 3
UpstageKorean-optimized reasoning; the only Korean model on the Frontier intelligence leaderboard.
- ▪Frontier LM Intelligence 리더보드 등재 (유일 한국 모델)
Korean LLMs, compared independently
Vendor-funding-free attributes for Korean LLMs and the global models teams compare them against. Numbers are sourced; a paid diagnostic measures them on your prompts.
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Full comparison
| Model | Params | Context | License | Price in/out | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean models | |||||
| Solar Pro 3 Upstage | 102B MoE (활성 12B) | 128K | API | $0.15 / $0.6 /1M | Frontier LM Intelligence 리더보드 등재 (유일 한국 모델) |
| HyperCLOVA X (THINK) Naver | 비공개 (오픈웨이트 32B Think 별도 공개) | 128K | API | self-host / console | KoBALT-700 한국어 추론 상위 |
| EXAONE 4.0 32B LG AI Research | 32B (경량 1.2B 변형 존재) | 128K | restricted | self-host / console | Artificial Analysis 지능지수 62 (32B 최고) |
| A.X 4.0 SK Telecom | 72B / 7B Light | 128K | open/commercial | self-host / console | KMMLU 78.3 (GPT-4o 72.5 상회) |
| Trillion 7B Trillion Labs | 7.76B | 32K | open/commercial | self-host / console | KOBEST 0.795 (한국어 벤치 최상위) |
| Global comparison set | |||||
| Claude Anthropic | 비공개 | 200K | API | self-host / console | — |
| GPT OpenAI | 비공개 | 128K | API | self-host / console | — |
| Gemini | 비공개 | 1000K | API | self-host / console | — |
Korean models — detail
HyperCLOVA X (THINK)
NaverStrong Korean reasoning/search (high on Korean benchmarks); tight Korean data/search integration.
- ▪KoBALT-700 한국어 추론 상위
EXAONE 4.0 32B
LG AI ResearchRobust EN+KO; highest Artificial Analysis intelligence (62) among 32B models.
- ▪Artificial Analysis 지능지수 62 (32B 최고)
A.X 4.0
SK TelecomKMMLU 78.3 (> GPT-4o 72.5); ~33% better Korean token efficiency than GPT-4o.
- ▪KMMLU 78.3 (GPT-4o 72.5 상회)
- ▪CLIcK 83.5 (한국문화)
- ▪한국어 토큰효율 +33% vs GPT-4o
Trillion 7B
Trillion LabsKOBEST 0.795 (top tier); strong Korean nuance for its size.
- ▪KOBEST 0.795 (한국어 벤치 최상위)
Global comparison set — detail
Claude
AnthropicTop-tier Korean long-form instruction-following among global models.
GPT
OpenAIStrong generalist; Korean cost-efficiency/honorific consistency can trail Korea-tuned models.
Gemini
GoogleLong context + multimodal; Korean quality task-dependent.
Head-to-head
By use case
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