Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Hermes 3 70B Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Hermes 3 70B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 4 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Hermes 3 70B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Hermes 3 70B costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 8.6x more expensive than Hermes 3 70B ($0.35/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 10.7x more expensive than Hermes 3 70B ($1.40/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more expensive than Hermes 3 70B.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

Hermes 3 70B

Input tokens$0.35

Output tokens$1.40

Best providerDeepinfra

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3.5 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Hermes 3 70B's 131,072 tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Hermes 3 70B is limited to 16,384 tokens.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Hermes 3 70B

Input131,072 tokens

Output16,384 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas Hermes 3 70B does not.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Hermes 3 70B

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Hermes 3 70B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Hermes 3 70B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while Hermes 3 70B was released on 2024-08-15.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is 2 months newer than Hermes 3 70B.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Oct 22, 2024

1.4 years ago

2mo newer

Hermes 3 70B

Aug 15, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Hermes 3 70B is available from DeepInfra. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.