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Hermes 4 405B vs Zephyr 7B Beta

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Hermes 4 405B wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

Zephyr 7B Beta wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Zephyr 7B Beta
Benchmark Advantage
Hermes 4 405B
Context Window
Hermes 4 405B
Speed
Hermes 4 405B

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureHermes 4 405BZephyr 7B Beta
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyHermes 4 405BZephyr 7B Beta
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorNousresearchNousresearch
ReleasedAug 2025Unknown

Hermes 4 405B Modalities

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Zephyr 7B Beta Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Zephyr 7B Beta has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. Zephyr 7B Beta has cheaper output pricing at $0.20/M tokens.
Hermes 4 405B has a 131,072 token context window, while Zephyr 7B Beta has a 16,384 token context window.
Hermes 4 405B does not support vision. Zephyr 7B Beta does not support vision.