EXAONE 4.5 33B Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Model summary
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Speed
Output tokens per second
Input Price
USD per 1M tokens
Output Price
USD per 1M tokens
Verbosity
Output tokens from Intelligence Index
EXAONE 4.5 33B is amongst the leading models in intelligence and well priced when comparing to other open weight models of similar size. The model supports text and image input, outputs text, and has a 262k tokens context window.
EXAONE 4.5 33B scores 30 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among comparable models (averaging 15). When evaluating the Intelligence Index, it generated 150M tokens, which is very verbose in comparison to the average of 23M.
Pricing for EXAONE 4.5 33B is $0.00 per 1M input tokens (competitively priced, average: $0.04) and $0.00 per 1M output tokens (competitively priced, average: $0.15). In total, it cost $0.00 to evaluate EXAONE 4.5 33B on the Intelligence Index.
| Reasoning | Yes This page shows the reasoning version of this model. A non-reasoning variant may also exist. |
|---|---|
| Input modality | Supports: text, image |
| Output modality | Supports: text |
| Context window | 262k ~393 A4 pages of size 12 Arial font |
| Total parameters | 34.4B |
| License | EXAONE AI Model License Agreement 1.2 - NC |
| Model weights | Hugging Face |
Metrics are compared against models of the same class:
- Non-reasoning models → compared only with other non-reasoning models
- Reasoning models → compared across both reasoning and non-reasoning
- Open weights models → compared only with other open weights models of the same size class:
- Tiny: ≤4B parameters
- Small: 4B–40B parameters
- Medium: 40B–150B parameters
- Large: >150B parameters
- Proprietary models → compared across proprietary and open weights models of the same price range, using a blended 3:1 input/output price ratio:
- <$0.15 per 1M tokens
- $0.15–$1 per 1M tokens
- >$1 per 1M tokens
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Intelligence Evaluations
Openness
Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Results
Intelligence Index Comparisons
Intelligence vs. Price
Intelligence Index Token Use & Cost
Output Tokens Used to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Context Window
Context Window
Pricing
Pricing: Input and Output Prices
Intelligence vs. Price (Log Scale)
Pricing Comparison of EXAONE 4.5 33B API Providers
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed
Output Speed vs. Price
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 Tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Model Size (Open Weights Models Only)
Model Size: Total and Active Parameters
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about EXAONE 4.5 33B
EXAONE 4.5 33B was released on April 9, 2026.
EXAONE 4.5 33B was created by LG AI Research.
EXAONE 4.5 33B scores 30 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it well above average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 15).
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, EXAONE 4.5 33B generated 150M output tokens, which is at the higher end compared to other open weight models of similar size (median: 23M).
Yes, EXAONE 4.5 33B is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.
EXAONE 4.5 33B supports text and image input.
EXAONE 4.5 33B supports text output.
Yes, EXAONE 4.5 33B supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.
Yes, EXAONE 4.5 33B is multimodal. It can process text and image input and generate text output.
EXAONE 4.5 33B has a context window of 260k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Yes, EXAONE 4.5 33B is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
EXAONE 4.5 33B has 34.4 billion parameters.
EXAONE 4.5 33B is released under the EXAONE AI Model License Agreement 1.2 - NC license. Commercial use requires a separate license agreement. View license
EXAONE 4.5 33B achieves a score of 30 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
EXAONE 4.5 33B is an open weights model that can be self-hosted. View providers
EXAONE 4.5 33B is an open weights model that can be downloaded and self-hosted. Compare providers