# EXAONE 4.5 33B vs LongCat-2.5 (slim)

> EXAONE 4.5 33B scores 61 (C) to LongCat-2.5's 50.5 (D) 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 LongCat-2.5's 50.5 (D), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. LongCat-2.5 leads on risk. 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
- LongCat-2.5: D 50.5, rank #145 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/longcat-2-5.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 35; Agent interface, 85 against 75.
- LongCat-2.5, good for Operators with NPU clusters, and anyone tracking what the open flagships can do Ahead on Risk, 60 against 50.

| Category | EXAONE 4.5 33B | LongCat-2.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 65 | 35 |
| Risk (20%) | 50 | 60 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 85 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 50 | 46 |

| Fact (where they differ) | EXAONE 4.5 33B | LongCat-2.5 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | LG AI Research | Meituan (LongCat) |
| Licence | EXAONE AI Model License Agreement 1.2 - NC (research and education only) | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-07-06 | 2026-11-10 |

Why the edge:
- Reach, EXAONE 4.5 33B +30: 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.); LongCat-2.5 35 (Memory 0, the smallest build is Meituan's W4A4 repository, 1,336 GB, and 1,336 GB × 1.2 = 1,603 GB, far above 256 GB.)
- Risk, LongCat-2.5 +10: EXAONE 4.5 33B 50 (File safety 25, safetensors and GGUF only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); LongCat-2.5 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.)
- Agent interface, EXAONE 4.5 33B +10: EXAONE 4.5 33B 85 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (5,930 characters).); LongCat-2.5 75 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,823 characters), with a copy in tokenizer_config.json.)