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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Hermes 3 405B

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 57.5 to 3.8.

Google · Nous Research · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 57.5 to 3.8, ranking #4 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 57.5 and ranks #4 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Hermes 3 405B

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 4 Carbon
Google
Hermes 3 405B
Nous Research
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
57.5
#4
3.8
#345
Reasoning
53.5
#7
3.2
#341
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$1.00 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.00 / M
Context window
—
131,072

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 13 for Hermes 3 405B

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon and Hermes 3 405Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Hermes 3 405B specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Hermes 3 405B specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Google
Gemini 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Nous Research
Hermes 3 405B
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Tue Nov 10 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 4 Carbon supports multimodal inputs, whereas Hermes 3 405B does not.

Gemini 4 Carbon can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Hermes 3 405B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon is licensed under a proprietary license, while Hermes 3 405B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Gemini 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Hermes 3 405B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while Hermes 3 405B was released on 2024-10-09.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 25 months newer than Hermes 3 405B.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

1 weeks ago

2.1yr newer
Hermes 3 405B

Oct 9, 2024

2.1 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

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Carbon and Hermes 3 405B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
Hermes 3 405B
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs Hermes 3 405B.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or Hermes 3 405B?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 57.5 to 3.8. Gemini 4 Carbon is made by Google and Hermes 3 405B is made by Nous Research. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 4 Carbon compare to Hermes 3 405B in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%. Hermes 3 405B scores HellaSwag: 90.2%, MT-Bench: 89.3%, BoolQ: 88.9%, Winogrande: 86.3%, ARC-E: 86.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 4 Carbon and Hermes 3 405B?

Gemini 4 Carbon supports an unknown number of tokens and Hermes 3 405B supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 4 Carbon and Hermes 3 405B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (57.5 vs 3.8), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Carbon and Hermes 3 405B?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and Hermes 3 405B is developed by Nous Research.

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