Nous Research / lineage

Nous Hermes collection

Compare the accepted Nous Hermes catalogue rows by exact checkpoint, capability and price. This collection organises related names; official equivalence, shared licences and shared benchmark results are not established.

Family research reviewed · Catalogue evidence; official lineage not established

Standard models
3
Independently rated
0 / 3
Known token rates
3 / 3
Global balanced frontier
0

This collection organises accepted catalogue identities. It does not certify equal weights, a shared licence, benchmark equivalence or current availability on every serving platform.

Compare exact catalogue rows

USD per 1M tokens. In / out are listed base rates; expand billing conditions before planning a request. LMArena scores measure the general preference board, not success on your engineering task. Unknown stays unknown.

Catalogue members

ModelLMArenaInput / output $/MContext / max outputCapabilities & conditions
Hermes 4 405Bnousresearch/hermes-4-405bUnrated$1.00 / $3.00Listed base rates
Billing details
Cached input
Unknown
Separate reasoning
Not separately listed

Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence.

131,072Output 117,964textTools no · reasoning yesWeights unknownReleased 2025-08-26
Hermes 3 70B Instructnousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-70bUnrated$0.700 / $0.700Listed base rates
Billing details
Cached input
Unknown
Separate reasoning
Not separately listed

Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence.

131,072Output 16,384textTools no · reasoning noWeights unknownReleased 2024-08-18
Hermes 3 405B Instructnousresearch/hermes-3-llama-3.1-405bUnrated$1.00 / $1.00Listed base rates
Billing details
Cached input
Unknown
Separate reasoning
Not separately listed

Tool, media, cache-write and service-tier charges may add dimensions. Read the full model evidence.

131,072Output 16,384textTools no · reasoning noWeights unknownReleased 2024-08-16

Sources and scope

Membership is supported by the accepted marketplace catalogue. This collection has no independently checked official lineage source in this research pass.

Source review does not refresh a price or transplant a benchmark score. Read the method and correction policy.

Questions this page answers

Are the Nous Hermes collection models interchangeable?

No. These are exact catalogue rows with separate capability, pricing and rating evidence. Compare the checkpoint, serving endpoint, reasoning settings and required input types. A family name does not establish equivalent behaviour.

How many Nous Research rows are compared here?

3 standard rows, of which 0 have an accepted LMArena general score and 3 have known input and output token rates. 0 related free or batch variants are listed separately.

What do the prices and frontier counts mean?

Prices below are listed US dollars per million input or output tokens, before request-specific context tiers and other billing dimensions. The frontier count comes from the global balanced view. Neither a family price range nor a benchmark difference proves your task will be cheaper or more successful.

How current are the official notes?

The linked family research was reviewed 2026-09-22. That date is separate from each accepted catalogue observation and each vendor’s effective date. An official note applies to its named platform, not automatically to every reseller.

Evidence & Ask