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Hermes 4 405B pricing & benchmarks

Released Aug 26, 2025 · served by 1 provider

Input / 1M tokens$1.00
Output / 1M tokens$3.00
Context window131K
Cached input
1M in + 300K out$1.90

What Hermes 4 405B is

Hermes 4 is a large-scale reasoning model built on Meta-Llama-3.1-405B and released by Nous Research. It introduces a hybrid reasoning mode, where the model can choose to deliberate internally with...

Providers and prices for Hermes 4 405B

The same model costs different amounts depending on who serves it. Prices are per 1M tokens, cheapest first. Uptime and throughput are OpenRouter's rolling measurements, not vendor claims.

ProviderInputOutputContext QuantUptime 24hThroughput
Nebiuscheapest $1.00 $3.00 131K fp8 100.0%

FAQ

How much does the Hermes 4 405B API cost?

$1.00 per 1M input tokens and $3.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical workload of 1M input + 300K output tokens costs about $1.90.

Is Hermes 4 405B free?

No. It is a paid model starting at $1.00 per 1M input tokens, though some providers offer trial credits.

Which provider is cheapest for Hermes 4 405B?

Nebius at $1.00 input / $3.00 output per 1M tokens (fp8 quantization).

Can I self-host Hermes 4 405B?

Yes — weights are published as NousResearch/Hermes-4-405B on Hugging Face, so you can run it on your own hardware.