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Hermes 3 70B InstructOPEN
Hermes 3 is a generalist language model with many improvements over Hermes 2, including advanced agentic capabilities, much better roleplaying, reasoning, multi-turn conversation, long co
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- $0.7 per 1M tokens, assuming 3 input for 1 output the convention used by Artificial Analysis
- cheaper than 28% of the 191 open-weight models tracked here
- 2 of 4 Nous Research models tracked here, from cheapest
Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for Hermes 3 70B Instruct, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Models at this level cost $0.26 per 1M tokens (median of 20) — this one costs $0.7.
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About this model
Hermes 3 70B Instruct is an open-weight AI model by Nous Research. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked daily, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is Hermes 3 70B Instruct?
Hermes 3 70B Instruct is an AI language model from Nous Research. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 4.8 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is Hermes 3 70B Instruct free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host Hermes 3 70B Instruct and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.7 per million input tokens and $0.7 per million output tokens.
What is Hermes 3 70B Instruct good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 40.1%, MMLU-Pro 57.1%, Humanity's Last Exam 4%, LiveCodeBench 18.8%, SciCode 23.1%, MATH-500 53.8%, AIME 2.3%.
Can I self-host Hermes 3 70B Instruct?
Yes. Hermes 3 70B Instruct has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.