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Hermes 3 405B Instruct vs Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Compare Hermes 3 405B Instruct from Nous Research and Hermes 3 70B Instruct from Nous Research on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

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Overview

Hermes 3 405B Instruct
Author
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Hermes 3 70B Instruct
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Nous Research
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Context length
131Ktokens
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Context length
131Ktokens
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Reasoning
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Reasoning
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Input modalities
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Input modalities
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Output modalities
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Hermes 3 405B Instruct vs Hermes 3 70B Instruct: side-by-side summary

Hermes 3 405B Instruct and Hermes 3 70B Instruct are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Hermes 3 405B Instruct, from Nous Research, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced at $1/M tokens input, $1/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Hermes 3 70B Instruct, from Nous Research, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced at $0.70/M tokens input, $0.70/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window
  • Hermes 3 405B Instruct: 131,072 tokens
  • Hermes 3 70B Instruct: 131,072 tokens
Price
  • Hermes 3 405B Instruct: $1/M tokens input, $1/M tokens output
  • Hermes 3 70B Instruct: $0.70/M tokens input, $0.70/M tokens output
Provided by
  • Hermes 3 405B Instruct: Nous Research
  • Hermes 3 70B Instruct: Nous Research
  • Hermes 3 405B Instruct model details, providers and pricing
  • Hermes 3 70B Instruct model details, providers and pricing

Hermes 3 405B Instruct vs Hermes 3 70B Instruct at a glance

Hermes 3 405B Instruct vs Hermes 3 70B Instruct comparison
AttributeHermes 3 405B InstructHermes 3 70B Instruct
Input price$1/M tokens$0.70/M tokens
Output price$1/M tokens$0.70/M tokens
Context window131,072 tokens131,072 tokens
Intelligence IndexNot availableNot available
Coding IndexNot availableNot available
Agentic IndexNot availableNot available
Latency (p50)0.47 s0.78 s
Throughput (p50)24.0 tok/s27.0 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

Is Hermes 3 405B Instruct cheaper than Hermes 3 70B Instruct?

Hermes 3 70B Instruct is cheaper than Hermes 3 405B Instruct on OpenRouter: Hermes 3 70B Instruct costs $0.70/M tokens input and $0.70/M tokens output, while Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs $1/M tokens input and $1/M tokens output.

Which has the longer context window, Hermes 3 405B Instruct or Hermes 3 70B Instruct?

Hermes 3 405B Instruct and Hermes 3 70B Instruct have the same context window of 131,072 tokens.

Which is faster, Hermes 3 405B Instruct or Hermes 3 70B Instruct?

Hermes 3 70B Instruct is faster on OpenRouter, generating a median 27.0 tokens per second compared with 24.0 tokens per second for Hermes 3 405B Instruct.