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Model IDnousresearch/hermes-4-405b
Context window131K tokens
Max output118K tokens
Input price$1.00 / 1M tokens
Output price$3.00 / 1M tokens
Inputs → outputsText → Text
Open weightsYes

How to use Hermes 4 405B in your app

The quickest way is through an API gateway such as OpenRouter, which uses the same format as the OpenAI API. Create a key, then send a request with the model ID nousresearch/hermes-4-405b:

curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENROUTER_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "model": "nousresearch/hermes-4-405b", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain this in simple words..."}] }'

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Questions about Hermes 4 405B

What is Hermes 4 405B?

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...

How big is the context window of Hermes 4 405B?

Hermes 4 405B can read up to 131,072 tokens in one request, roughly 98,304 words.

How much does Hermes 4 405B cost?

Through OpenRouter, Hermes 4 405B costs about $1.00 / 1M tokens for input and $3.00 / 1M tokens for output. Prices change, so check before large jobs.

Is Hermes 4 405B open source?

Hermes 4 405B has open weights, so you can download and run it yourself, subject to its licence.

What can Hermes 4 405B take as input?

Hermes 4 405B accepts text and produces text.

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