Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct
NOUSRESEARCH Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1200Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context131,072Tokens
API Cost / 1M$0.60Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
- Coding & Logic
- Roleplay
- Fictional
- Classification
- Conversational
Hermes 3 is a generalist language model with many improvements over [Hermes 2](/models/nousresearch/nous-hermes-2-mistral-7b-dpo), including advanced agentic capabilities, much better roleplaying, reasoning, multi-turn conversation, long context coherence, and improvements across the board.
Hermes 3 70B is a competitive, if not superior finetune of the [Llama-3.1 70B foundation model](/models/meta-llama/llama-3.1-70b-instruct), focused on aligning LLMs to the user, with powerful steering capabilities and control given to the end user.
The Hermes 3 series builds and expands on the Hermes 2 set of capabilities, including more powerful and reliable function calling and structured output capabilities, generalist assistant capabilities, and improved code generation skills.
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.30 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$0.30 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
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