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Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Hermes 4 70B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Hermes 3 70B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens

Hermes 4 70B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Hermes 4 70B
Context Window
Hermes 4 70B
Speed
Hermes 4 70B

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureHermes 3 70B InstructHermes 4 70B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyHermes 3 70B InstructHermes 4 70B
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorNousresearchNousresearch
ReleasedAug 2024Aug 2025

Hermes 3 70B Instruct Modalities

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Hermes 4 70B Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Hermes 4 70B has cheaper input pricing at $0.13/M tokens. Hermes 3 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.30/M tokens.
Hermes 3 70B Instruct has a 65,536 token context window, while Hermes 4 70B has a 131,072 token context window.
Hermes 3 70B Instruct does not support vision. Hermes 4 70B does not support vision.