LG AI Research has unveiled EXAONE Deep, a reasoning model that excels in complex problem-solving across maths, science, and coding.
The company highlighted the global challenge in creating advanced reasoning models, noting that currently, only a handful of organisations with foundational models are actively pursuing this complex area. EXAONE Deep aims to compete directly with these leading models, showcasing a competitive level of reasoning ability.
LG AI Research has focused its efforts on dramatically improving EXAONE Deep’s reasoning capabilities in core domains. The model also demonstrates a strong ability to understand and apply knowledge across a broader range of subjects.
The performance benchmarks released by LG AI Research are impressive:
Maths: The EXAONE Deep 32B model outperformed a competing model, despite being only 5% of its size, in a demanding mathematics benchmark. Furthermore, the 7.8B and 2.4B versions achieved first place in all major mathematics benchmarks for their respective model sizes.
Science and coding: In these areas, the EXAONE Deep models (7.8B and 2.4B) have secured the top spot across all major benchmarks.
MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding): The 32B model achieved a score of 83.0 on the MMLU benchmark, which LG AI Research claims is the best performance among domestic Korean models.
The capabilities of the EXAONE Deep 32B model have already garnered international recognition.
Shortly after its release, it was included in the ‘Notable AI Models’ list by US-based non-profit research organisation Epoch AI. This listing places EXAONE Deep alongside its predecessor, EXAONE 3.5, making LG the only Korean entity with models featured on this prestigious list in the past two years.
Maths prowess
EXAONE Deep has demonstrated exceptional mathematical reasoning skills across its various model sizes (32B, 7.8B, and 2.4B). In assessments based on the 2025 academic year’s mathematics curriculum, all three models outperformed global reasoning models of comparable size.
The 32B model achieved a score of 94.5 in a general mathematics competency test and 90.0 in the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) 2024, a qualifying exam for the US Mathematical Olympiad.
In the AIME 2025, the 32B model matched the performance of DeepSeek-R1—a significantly larger 671B model. This result showcases EXAONE Deep’s efficient learning and strong logical reasoning abilities, particularly when tackling challenging mathematical problems.
The smaller 7.8B and 2.4B models also achieved top rankings in major benchmarks for lightweight and on-device models, respectively. The 7.8B model scored 94.8 on the MATH-500 benchmark and 59.6 on AIME 2025, while the 2.4B model achieved scores of 92.3 and 47.9 in the same evaluations.
Science and coding excellence
EXAONE Deep has also showcased remarkable capabilities in professional science reasoning and software coding.
The 32B model scored 66.1 on the GPQA Diamond test, which assesses problem-solving skills in doctoral-level physics, chemistry, and biology. In the LiveCodeBench evaluation, which measures coding proficiency, the model achieved a score of 59.5, indicating its potential for high-level applications in these expert domains.
The 7.8B and 2.4B models continued this trend of strong performance, both securing first place in the GPQA Diamond and LiveCodeBench benchmarks within their respective size categories. This achievement builds upon the success of the EXAONE 3.5 2.4B model, which previously topped Hugging Face’s LLM Readerboard in the edge division.
Enhanced general knowledge
Beyond its specialised reasoning capabilities, EXAONE Deep has also demonstrated improved performance in general knowledge understanding.
The 32B model achieved an impressive score of 83.0 on the MMLU benchmark, positioning it as the top-performing domestic model in this comprehensive evaluation. This indicates that EXAONE Deep’s reasoning enhancements extend beyond specific domains and contribute to a broader understanding of various subjects.
LG AI Research believes that EXAONE Deep’s reasoning advancements represent a leap towards a future where AI can tackle increasingly complex problems and contribute to enriching and simplifying human lives through continuous research and innovation.
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