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Hermes 3 405B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Hermes 3 405B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct are closely matched at 4.3 and 0.4 on the LLM Stats Score.

Nous Research · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hermes 3 405B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 4.3 and 0.4.

In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Hermes 3 405B wins 5; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose Hermes 3 405B

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 5 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2024

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Hermes 3 405B
Nous Research
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
4.3
#309
0.4
#332
Reasoning
3.7
#307
0.1
#325
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
5 of 5
0 of 5
Input price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
131,072
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Hermes 3 405B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Math
6.7#270
7.0#268
Finance
7.5#159
6.2#163
Legal
8.7#139
6.2#149
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Hermes 3 405B · 11 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

5 shared

Hermes 3 405B outperforms in 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, HellaSwag, MMLU, MT-Bench, Winogrande), while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Hermes 3 405B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sun Oct 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

335.0B diff

Hermes 3 405B has 335.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct, making it 478.6% larger.

Nous Research
Hermes 3 405B
405.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
405.0B
Hermes 3 405B
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

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).

Nous Research
Hermes 3 405B
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sun Oct 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Hermes 3 405B is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

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

Hermes 3 405B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hermes 3 405B was released on 2024-10-09, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01.

Hermes 3 405B is 0 month newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Hermes 3 405B

Oct 9, 2024

2.0 years ago

1w newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Hermes 3 405B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Hermes 3 405B's cutoff date.

Hermes 3 405B

—

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Hermes 3 405B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Hermes 3 405B
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Hermes 3 405B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Which is better, Hermes 3 405B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Hermes 3 405B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 4.3 and 0.4. Hermes 3 405B is made by Nous Research and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Hermes 3 405B compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct in benchmarks?

Hermes 3 405B scores HellaSwag: 90.2%, MT-Bench: 89.3%, BoolQ: 88.9%, Winogrande: 86.3%, ARC-E: 86.2%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Hermes 3 405B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Hermes 3 405B supports 131K tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Hermes 3 405B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (4.3 vs 0.4), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Hermes 3 405B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Hermes 3 405B is developed by Nous Research and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA.

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