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Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs GPT-5 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Hermes 3 70B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Hermes 3 70B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5 Mini
Context Window
GPT-5 Mini
Speed
GPT-5 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricHermes 3 70B InstructGPT-5 MiniWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.30$0.13 GPT-5 Mini
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.30$1.00 Hermes 3 70B Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.03 GPT-5 Mini
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Hermes 3 70B Instruct is 13% cheaper overall.

Hermes 3 70B Instruct Providers

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GPT-5 Mini Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Hermes 3 70B Instruct Wins
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GPT-5 Mini Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkHermes 3 70B InstructGPT-5 MiniWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
10.641.2
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-35.3-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-90.7-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
57.183.7
GPQA
Graduate-level science
40.182.8
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
18.883.8
AIME
Competition math
2.3--
GPT-5 Mini significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Hermes 3 70B Instruct
65,536
tokens
GPT-5 Mini
400,000
tokens
GPT-5 Mini has a 84% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricHermes 3 70B InstructGPT-5 MiniWinner
Tokens/second43.0 tok/s82.2 tok/s
Time to First Token0.33s88.44s
GPT-5 Mini responds 91% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureHermes 3 70B InstructGPT-5 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyHermes 3 70B InstructGPT-5 Mini
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorNousresearchOpenAI
ReleasedAug 2024Aug 2025

Hermes 3 70B Instruct Modalities

Input
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Output
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GPT-5 Mini Modalities

Input
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Output
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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.13/M tokens. Hermes 3 70B Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.30/M tokens.
GPT-5 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 35.3, compared to Hermes 3 70B Instruct's score of N/A.
Hermes 3 70B Instruct has a 65,536 token context window, while GPT-5 Mini has a 400,000 token context window.
Hermes 3 70B Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5 Mini supports vision.