K-EXAONE 236B-A23B
Open Source
About
LG AI Research's K-EXAONE 236B-A23B is a large-scale open-source Mixture-of-Experts model featuring 236B total parameters with 23B active during inference. It uses a fine-grained MoE design and supports six languages: Korean, English, Spanish, German, Japanese, and Vietnamese. K-EXAONE achieved first place in 10 of 13 benchmarks under South Korea's national AI foundation model project and ranked 7th globally on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index at launch. Free API access was available via Friendli.ai through January 2026.
Capabilities
VisionMultimodalReasoningFunction CallingTool UseStructured OutputsCode Execution
Benchmark Scores(1)
| Benchmark | Score | Version | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google-Proof Q&A | 78.3 | diamond | Artificial Analysis |