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Hermes 3 405B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Hermes 3 405B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct are closely matched at 4.4 and 7.8 on the LLM Stats Score.

Nous Research · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hermes 3 405B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 4.4 and 7.8.

The models split the 6 individual benchmarks reported for both models evenly.

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

Choose Hermes 3 405B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2024

Choose Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Hermes 3 405B
Nous Research
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
4.4
#299
7.8
#282
Reasoning
3.8
#297
7.2
#281
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
3 of 6
3 of 6
Input price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
131,072
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Hermes 3 405B
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Math
6.7#267
16.4#205
Finance
7.5#158
9.3#150
Legal
8.7#137
9.1#134
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Hermes 3 405B · 18 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

6 shared

Hermes 3 405B outperforms in 3 benchmarks (HellaSwag, MMLU, Winogrande), while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (ARC-C, BBH, MMLU-Pro).

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.

Wed Sep 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

372.5B diff

Hermes 3 405B has 372.5B more parameters than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct, making it 1146.2% larger.

Nous Research
Hermes 3 405B
405.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
32.5Bparameters
405.0B
Hermes 3 405B
32.5B
Qwen2.5 32B 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
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Sep 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Hermes 3 405B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hermes 3 405B was released on 2024-10-09, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Hermes 3 405B is 1 month newer than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.

Hermes 3 405B

Oct 9, 2024

1.9 years ago

2w newer
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

2.0 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 Hermes 3 405B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Hermes 3 405B
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FAQ

Common questions about Hermes 3 405B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.

Which is better, Hermes 3 405B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Hermes 3 405B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 4.4 and 7.8. Hermes 3 405B is made by Nous Research and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. 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 Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in benchmarks?

Hermes 3 405B scores HellaSwag: 90.2%, MT-Bench: 89.3%, BoolQ: 88.9%, Winogrande: 86.3%, ARC-E: 86.2%. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.9%, HumanEval: 88.4%, HellaSwag: 85.2%, BBH: 84.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Hermes 3 405B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Hermes 3 405B supports 131K tokens and Qwen2.5 32B 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 Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (4.4 vs 7.8). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Hermes 3 405B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Hermes 3 405B is developed by Nous Research and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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