# EXAONE 4.5 33B vs Kronos (slim)

> EXAONE 4.5 33B scores 61 (C) to Kronos's 55.2 (C) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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EXAONE 4.5 33B scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Kronos's 55.2 (C), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Kronos leads on 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
- Kronos: C 55.2, rank #122 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kronos.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 55; Agent interface, 85 against 60.
- Kronos, good for Agents that need a quick local forecast or synthetic sample of a candlestick series on modest hardware, for research or as one input among others. Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 61 against 50.

| Category | EXAONE 4.5 33B | Kronos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 55 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 60 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 50 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | EXAONE 4.5 33B | Kronos |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LG AI Research | Yu Shi (shiyu-coder, NeoQuasar), Tsinghua University |
| Licence | EXAONE AI Model License Agreement 1.2 - NC (research and education only) | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-07-06 | 2026-04-13 |
| Terms last updated | not read yet | no document linked |
| Popularity | none | 43k stars |

Why the edge:
- Agent interface, EXAONE 4.5 33B +25: EXAONE 4.5 33B 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (5,930 characters).); Kronos 60 (Read for a forecasting model, the tool-calling, trained tool calling and structured-output lines stand for what it takes and returns.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Kronos +11: 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…); Kronos 61 (Model card 11, intended use, architecture, parameters and context are there, limitations, languages and a cut-off aren't.)
- Reach, EXAONE 4.5 33B +10: 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.); Kronos 55 (Memory 30, the publisher's Kronos-mini with its tokeniser is 0.03 GB and even Kronos-base is 0.43 GB in FP32. Runtimes 0, it runs only through the publisher's o…)