# EXAONE 4.5 33B vs Granite 4.2 30B (slim)

> EXAONE 4.5 33B and Granite 4.2 30B score within a point of each other for open-weight models you run yourself, 61 and 61 out of 100. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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EXAONE 4.5 33B and Granite 4.2 30B score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Granite 4.2 30B leads on reach, risk and documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- EXAONE 4.5 33B: C 61, rank #61 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/exaone-4-5-33b.min.md
- Granite 4.2 30B: C 61, rank #65 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/granite-4-2-30b.min.md
- EXAONE 4.5 33B, good for Researchers and students working on documents, Korean or multimodal agents who don't need commercial rights
- Granite 4.2 30B, good for Agents that want a documented, signed, Apache 2.0 reasoning model with tool calling on a 24 GB card Ahead on Reach, 90 against 65; Risk, 55 against 50; Documentation and upkeep, 87 against 50.

| Category | EXAONE 4.5 33B | Granite 4.2 30B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 90 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 55 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 50 | 87 |

| Fact (where they differ) | EXAONE 4.5 33B | Granite 4.2 30B |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LG AI Research | IBM |
| Licence | EXAONE AI Model License Agreement 1.2 - NC (research and education only) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-07-06 | 2026-09-04 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no document linked |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Granite 4.2 30B +37: EXAONE 4.5 33B 50 (Model card 20, Uses (the quickstart's question answering, document and agent examples), limitations, the architecture, the parameters, the context, the language…); Granite 4.2 30B 87 (Model card 17, Intended use (best for), limitations (ethical considerations and limitations), architecture, parameters (30B), context length (128K native) and 1…)
- Reach, Granite 4.2 30B +25: EXAONE 4.5 33B 65 (Memory 20, the smallest build at 4 bits is LG's IQ4_XS GGUF, 18.03 GB with the 2.57 GB projector, and 20.60 GB × 1.2 = 24.7 GB, within 32 GB.); Granite 4.2 30B 90 (Memory 25, IBM's own 4-bit MLX build granite-4.2-30b-q4-mlx is 16.47 GB, and 16.47 GB × 1.2 = 19.8 GB, which fits 24 GB but not 16 GB.)
- Risk, Granite 4.2 30B +5: EXAONE 4.5 33B 50 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Granite 4.2 30B 55 (File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25).)