# EXAONE 4.5 33B vs Kolibri-1 (slim)

> EXAONE 4.5 33B and Kolibri-1 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 Kolibri-1 score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 61 (C) and 61 (C). Kolibri-1 leads on risk, agent interface 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
- Kolibri-1: C 61, rank #44 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kolibri-1.min.md
- EXAONE 4.5 33B, good for Researchers and students working on documents, Korean or multimodal agents who don't need commercial rights
- Kolibri-1, good for German and English agent work with tools on a machine with about 96 GB of accelerator memory and vLLM, where a permissive licence matters. Ahead on Risk, 65 against 50; Agent interface, 90 against 85; Documentation and upkeep, 70 against 50.

| Category | EXAONE 4.5 33B | Kolibri-1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 65 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 65 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 90 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 50 | 70 |

| Fact (where they differ) | EXAONE 4.5 33B | Kolibri-1 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LG AI Research | Aleph Alpha |
| Licence | EXAONE AI Model License Agreement 1.2 - NC (research and education only) | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-07-06 | 2026-10-19 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no document linked |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.3/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- Documentation and upkeep, Kolibri-1 +20: 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…); Kolibri-1 70 (The model card earns 20 with all seven items.)
- Risk, Kolibri-1 +15: EXAONE 4.5 33B 50 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Kolibri-1 65 (File safety earns 25 for safetensors only, with no repository code run on load.)
- Agent interface, Kolibri-1 +5: EXAONE 4.5 33B 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (5,930 characters).); Kolibri-1 90 (The chat template earns 20 as Jinja in tokenizer_config.json.)