# EXAONE 4.5 33B vs Inkling (slim)

> Inkling scores 64.7 (B) to EXAONE 4.5 33B's 61 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Inkling scores 64.7 (B) on agent readiness against EXAONE 4.5 33B's 61 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. EXAONE 4.5 33B leads on reach. 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
- Inkling: B 64.7, rank #19 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/inkling.min.md
- EXAONE 4.5 33B, good for Researchers and students working on documents, Korean or multimodal agents who don't need commercial rights Ahead on Reach, 65 against 50.
- Inkling, good for Agents calling a hosted open multimodal model with audio input, or teams with a multi-GPU datacentre node who want to run it themselves. Ahead on Risk, 70 against 50; Documentation and upkeep, 87 against 50.

| Category | EXAONE 4.5 33B | Inkling |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 50 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 70 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 85 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 50 | 87 |

| Fact (where they differ) | EXAONE 4.5 33B | Inkling |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LG AI Research | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Licence | EXAONE AI Model License Agreement 1.2 - NC (research and education only) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-07-06 | 2026-07-23 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no document linked |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Inkling +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…); Inkling 87 (Model card 17 of 20, everything but a dated knowledge cut-off, counting Thinking Machines' own model card page.)
- Risk, Inkling +20: EXAONE 4.5 33B 50 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Inkling 70 (File safety 25, safetensors only and no repository code to run.)
- Reach, EXAONE 4.5 33B +15: 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.); Inkling 50 (Memory 0 of 30, the smallest 4-bit build is Thinking Machines' NVFP4 at 592.0 GB, about 710 GB with a fifth added, far above 256 GB.)