Nous Research
- Provider rank
- #37
- by best model
- Best index
- 44.1
- Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B
- Ranked models
- 2
- 5 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $1.50/M
- Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
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Next release
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Fastest ranked model: Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B at 43 tok/s.
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8 of 8
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405BNous Researchopen | 44.1±4 | $1.50 | 43 | 2.40 s | 128k | 2025-08-27 | – |
| 2 | Hermes 4 70BthinkingNous Researchopen | 41.4±3 | – | – | – | 128k | – | – |
| 3 | Hermes 2 Theta Llama-3 70BNous Research | – | – | – | – | – | 2024-06-20 | 2024-06-20 · stale |
| 4 | Nous Hermes 2 Mixtral 8x7b DpoNous Research | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 5 | Openhermes 2.5 Mistral 7BNous Research | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 6 | DeepHermes 3 - Llama-3.1 8BNous Researchopen | – | – | – | – | 128k | – | – |
| 7 | DeepHermes 3 - Mistral 24BNous Researchopen | – | – | – | – | 32k | – | – |
| 8 | Hermes 4 405Bno reasoningNous Researchopen ↗ | – | $1.50 | 35 | 0.35 s | 131k | 2026-01-30 | – |
Latest news
- Nous Research Adds One-Click Local Model Setup to Hermes DesktopMarkTechPost · 5 Sept 2026
- Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuationTechCrunch · 13 Jul 2026
- Nous Research Secures a Massive $75M USD to Scale Its Hermes AI AgentHypebeast · 14 Jul 2026
- Hermes Agent: The AI That Learns and Grows With YouStartupHub.ai · 21 May 2026
- Hermes Unlocks Self-Improving AI Agents, Powered by NVIDIA RTX PCs and DGX SparkNVIDIA Blog · 13 May 2026
- Nous Research releases Hermes Desktop, an open-source AI agent for every platform - the-decoder.comthe-decoder.com · 3 Jun 2026
- Nous Research raising $75M at $1.5B valuationThe Tech Buzz · 14 Jul 2026
- What is Hermes Agent? Definition, features, and how it worksHostinger · 14 Aug 2026