Nous ResearchOpen weightsAugust 27, 2025

Hermes 4 70B

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Intelligence
7

score

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis …

vs class avg: 7

Speed
86.9

output tokens/sec

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) generates output at 86. …

Latency
1.37s

TTFT

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) has a time to first token (TTFT) of 1. …

Input Price#15/39
$0.13

/ 1M tokens

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) costs $0.13 per 1M input tokens (very competitive, median: …

Output Price#15/39
$0.40

/ 1M tokens

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) costs $0.13 per 1M input tokens (very competitive, median: …

Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

Budget-friendly / task-specific model

Best for high-volume, simple, or domain-specific tasks where cost or speed matters more than deep reasoning.

Best for

  • Simple Q&A
  • High-throughput chat
  • Classification
  • Extraction
  • Interactive turn-taking

Weak or unsuitable

  • Complex reasoning
  • Creative writing
  • Multi-step tasks

Routing recommendation

1

Use the fit matrix to compare against cheaper routes when volume rises

Cost pressure

Competitive pricing — $0.13 / M input, $0.40 / M output. Cost pressure is low enough for sustained production use.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsWeakIntelligence score 7 is better suited for straightforward tasks than multi-step reasoning.Avoid routing complex agentic tasks to this model.
High-volume chat & customer-facingStrongOutput speed 86.9 tokens/sec is adequate for chat.Suitable for chat; monitor latency under concurrent load.
Latency-sensitive applicationsStrongTTFT 1.37s — adequate latency for most interactive use cases.Suitable for real-time; test with your specific workload.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesExcellentOutput pricing at $0.40 is very competitive for high-volume workloads.Excellent for budget-constrained pipelines; enable caching to reduce costs further.

Cost pressure

Low

Pricing is competitive — input $0.13, output $0.40. Suitable for sustained production use.

Cheaper substitutes

No cheaper substitute is supported by the current price data.

Route away when

  • Extreme scale where even low costs matter

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7).

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Hermes 4 70B: 6.96.9?Hermes 4 70B

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) generates output at 86.9 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is above average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 81.5 t/s).

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashLing 2.6 Flash: 177177?Ling 2.6 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Llama 4 Scout: 109109MLlama 4 ScoutMiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3Qwen3 Coder Next: 8989QQwen3 Coder NextGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Hermes 4 70B: 8787?Hermes 4 70BLlama 3.3 70B: 8686MLlama 3.3 70B

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is competitive — input $0.13, output $0.40. Suitable for sustained production use.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

-200204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3Nemotron 3 Ultra: -0.8-0.8NNemotron 3 UltraDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): -10-10DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)

Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score

Openness Index assesses model openness on a 0 to 100 normalized scale (higher is more open) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

050100Nemotron 3 Ultra: 8383NNemotron 3 UltraDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Hermes 4 70B: 4747?Hermes 4 70BGLM-5.2 (max): 4444?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3 Coder Next: 4242QQwen3 Coder Nextgpt-oss-120b (high): 3939AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Ling 2.6 Flash: 3939?Ling 2.6 FlashLlama 3.3 70B: 3939MLlama 3.3 70BKimi K2.6: 3333KKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 3333?MiniMax-M3

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashLing 2.6 Flash: 177177?Ling 2.6 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Llama 4 Scout: 109109MLlama 4 ScoutMiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3Qwen3 Coder Next: 8989QQwen3 Coder NextGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Hermes 4 70B: 8787?Hermes 4 70BKimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Latency & Response Time

Time to first token and end-to-end response latency.

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s2.5s5s7.5s10sClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7.1s7.1sAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7s7sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 6.6s6.6sKKimi K2.6Devstral 2: 6.6s6.6s?Devstral 2Llama 3.3 70B: 5.8s5.8sMLlama 3.3 70BHermes 4 70B: 5.8s5.8s?Hermes 4 70BGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5.7s5.7sAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Qwen3 Coder Next: 5.6s5.6sQQwen3 Coder NextMiniMax-M3: 5s5s?MiniMax-M3Llama 4 Scout: 4.6s4.6sMLlama 4 Scout

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s25s50s75s100sDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 61s61sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 58s58sKKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 20s20s?MiniMax-M3GLM-5.2 (max): 9.2s9.2s?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 9.1s9.1sNNemotron 3 Ultragpt-oss-120b (high): 6.4s6.4sAIgpt-oss-120b (high)Llama 4 Scout: 0s0sMLlama 4 ScoutDevstral 2: 0s0s?Devstral 2Hermes 4 70B: 0s0s?Hermes 4 70BLing 2.6 Flash: 0s0s?Ling 2.6 Flash

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

02.5M5M7.5M10MLlama 4 Scout: 10M10MMLlama 4 ScoutGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 262k262kNNemotron 3 UltraMuse Spark: 262k262k?Muse Spark

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 0.40.4AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraQwen3 Coder Next: 00QQwen3 Coder NextMiniMax-M3: 00?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 00xGrok 4.3 (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 00DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0200400600Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 508508AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3 Coder Next: 3939QQwen3 Coder NextNemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 1515?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 1313xGrok 4.3 (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7.27.2DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6161AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 3636AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1111GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Grok 4.3 (high): 44xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraQwen3 Coder Next: 1.91.9QQwen3 Coder NextLlama 3.3 70B: 1.91.9MLlama 3.3 70BMiniMax-M3: 1.61.6?MiniMax-M3cache Hitinputoutput

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0510Kimi K2.6: 8.28.2KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.86.8DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4.84.8AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…MiniMax-M3: 3.93.9?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 33AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 2.82.8?GLM-5.2 (max)Qwen3 Coder Next: 2.62.6QQwen3 Coder NextGemini 3.5 Flash: 2.22.2GGemini 3.5 Flashgpt-oss-120b (high): 1.91.9AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Grok 4.3 (high): 1.61.6xGrok 4.3 (high)

Architecture & Scale

Model size, parameters, and architectural details.

Model Size: Total and Active Parameters

Comparison between total model parameters and parameters active during inference · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.6k1.6kDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 1k1kKKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): 753753?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 550550NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 428428?MiniMax-M3Devstral 2: 125125?Devstral 2gpt-oss-120b (high): 117117AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Llama 4 Scout: 109109MLlama 4 ScoutLing 2.6 Flash: 107107?Ling 2.6 FlashQwen3 Coder Next: 8080QQwen3 Coder Nextpassive Paramsactive Params

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 7). Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) generates output at 86.9 tokens per second (based on the median across providers serving the model), which is above average compared to other open weight non-reasoning models of similar size (median: 81.5 t/s). Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) costs $0.13 per 1M input tokens (very competitive, median: $0.53) and $0.40 per 1M output tokens (very competitive, median: $1.05), based on the median across providers serving the model.

Hermes 4 70B

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
No
Input modalities
Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) supports text input.
Output modalities
Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) supports text output.
Context window
130k tokens
Open weights / source
Yes, Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Parameters
Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) has 70.6 billion parameters.
License
Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) is released under the META LLAMA 3 COMMUNITY LICENSE AGREEMENT license. This license allows commercial use.
API availability
Yes, Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 70B (Non-reasoning) is available via API through 1 provider.

Methodology & Provenance

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