Hermes 3 405B Instruct is 1.7× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Qwen3.8 27B has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 131,072 tokens, 7.6×).
Hermes 3 405B Instruct vs Qwen3.8 27B
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Hermes 3 405B Instructopen
Nous Research · nousresearch__hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b
Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
Identity
| Field | nousresearch__hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Nous Research | Qwen |
| Slug | nousresearch__hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-405B | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B |
Quality
| Field | nousresearch__hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | — | 89.0 |
Cost
| Field | nousresearch__hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $1.00 | $0.42 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | — | $0.09 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $1.00 | $3.00 |
Context
| Field | nousresearch__hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 131,072 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output tokens | 16,384 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | nousresearch__hermes-3-llama-3.1-405b | qwen__qwen3.8-27b |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |