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Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

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...

Context Window
131K tokens
Parameters
7B
Input Price
$0.70/1M
Output Price
$0.70/1M
Price Tier
budget
Provider
Nousresearch

How to Use Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

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Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct at a Glance

Among the 396 chat models on CoreAI, Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct ranks #277 by context window — 131K tokens, roughly 98,304 words or 197 pages of text in a single conversation. On price, it is the #128 cheapest of 130 budget-tier models by input cost. It joined the catalog on 2024-08-18.

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct Compared to Its Closest Alternatives

SpecNous: Hermes 3 70B InstructNous: Hermes 4 405BIBM: Granite 4.1 8BinclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash
ProviderNousresearchNousresearchIbm-graniteInclusionai
Input $/1M tokens$0.7$1$0.05$0.01
Output $/1M tokens$0.7$3$0.1$0.03
Context window131K131K131K262K
Reasoning modeNoYesNoNo
Image inputNoNoNoNo
Price tierbudgetstandardbudgetbudget

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What Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct Actually Costs in Practice

A typical question (about 1,000 tokens in, 500 out) runs $0.00105 on Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct's raw per-token rates; a heavy session with a 50K-token document costs about $0.038. On CoreAI you don't juggle these numbers — one subscription covers Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct and 300+ other models under a plan usage limit, with no API keys. See plans.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

What is Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct's context window?

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct handles 131K tokens of context — roughly 98,304 words, or about 197 pages of text in one conversation.

How much does Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct cost?

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct's underlying rates are $0.7 per 1M input tokens and $0.7 per 1M output tokens. On CoreAI it is included in one subscription alongside 300+ models, so there is no per-token billing to manage.

Can Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct process images?

No — Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct is text-only. If you need image understanding, its budget-tier peers with vision are listed in the comparison table above.

Does Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct support reasoning or thinking mode?

No — Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct answers directly without an extended reasoning phase, which usually means faster responses.

How can I use Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct without an API key?

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What are the best alternatives to Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct?

The closest alternatives on CoreAI are Nous: Hermes 4 405B, IBM: Granite 4.1 8B, inclusionAI: Ling-2.6-flash — similar capability. The fastest way to choose is running one prompt through them side by side in CoreAI's Compare view.

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