Nous: Hermes 4 70B
NOUSRESEARCH Developer Architecture Profile
Intelligence (ELO)1200Chatbot Arena Verified
Max Context131,072Tokens
API Cost / 1M$0.53Blended Prompt + Completion
Model Capabilities
Hermes 4 70B is a hybrid reasoning model from Nous Research, built on Meta-Llama-3.1-70B. It introduces the same hybrid mode as the larger 405B release, allowing the model to either respond directly or generate explicit <think>...</think> reasoning traces before answering. Users can control the reasoning behaviour with the `reasoning` `enabled` boolean. [Learn more in our docs](https://openrouter.ai/docs/use-cases/reasoning-tokens#enable-reasoning-with-default-config)
This 70B variant is trained with the expanded post-training corpus (~60B tokens) emphasizing verified reasoning data, leading to improvements in mathematics, coding, STEM, logic, and structured outputs while maintaining general assistant performance. It supports JSON mode, schema adherence, function calling, and tool use, and is designed for greater steerability with reduced refusal rates.
Granular Pricing Matrix
Input Tokens (Prompt)$0.13 / 1M
Output Tokens (Completion)$0.40 / 1M
Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 3/16/2026
Evaluate Competitors
VS Engine MatchupNous: Hermes 4 70B vs Upstage: Solar Pro 3VS Engine MatchupNous: Hermes 4 70B vs Kwaipilot: KAT-Coder-Pro V1VS Engine MatchupNous: Hermes 4 70B vs Perplexity: Sonar Pro SearchVS Engine MatchupNous: Hermes 4 70B vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4.5VS Engine MatchupNous: Hermes 4 70B vs Google: Gemma 3n 2B (free)VS Engine MatchupNous: Hermes 4 70B vs Anthropic: Claude Sonnet 4