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Hermes 3 70B vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Hermes 3 70B and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct are closely matched at 4.0 and 1.9 on the LLM Stats Score.

Nous Research · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Hermes 3 70B and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 4.0 and 1.9.

In the 11 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Hermes 3 70B wins 6; 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 70B

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 6 of 11 exact shared results

Choose Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Hermes 3 70B
Nous Research
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
4.0
#320
1.9
#334
Reasoning
1.3
#329
1.4
#327
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
6 of 11
5 of 11
Input price
$0.70 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.70 / M
— / M
Context window
131,072
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Hermes 3 70B
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Math
-1.1#307
4.3#290
Finance
3.2#182
4.3#179
Legal
4.3#166
4.3#167
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

17 reported for Hermes 3 70B · 31 for Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

11 shared

Hermes 3 70B outperforms in 6 benchmarks (BoolQ, GPQA, HellaSwag, MMLU, MMLU-Pro, Winogrande), while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is better at 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, MATH, OpenBookQA, PIQA, TruthfulQA).

Hermes 3 70B has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

Fri Oct 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

10.0B diff

Hermes 3 70B has 10.0B more parameters than Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct, making it 16.7% larger.

Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B
70.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
60.0Bparameters
70.0B
Hermes 3 70B
60.0B
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Hermes 3 70B specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Hermes 3 70B specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Hermes 3 70B is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct uses MIT.

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

Hermes 3 70B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hermes 3 70B was released on 2024-08-15, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is 0 month newer than Hermes 3 70B.

Hermes 3 70B

Aug 15, 2024

2.1 years ago

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

2.1 years ago

1w newer

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 70B and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Hermes 3 70B
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Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Hermes 3 70B vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct.

Which is better, Hermes 3 70B or Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct?

Hermes 3 70B and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 4.0 and 1.9. Hermes 3 70B is made by Nous Research and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Hermes 3 70B compare to Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct in benchmarks?

Hermes 3 70B scores MT-Bench: 89.9%, HellaSwag: 88.2%, BoolQ: 88.0%, PIQA: 84.4%, Winogrande: 83.2%. Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct scores ARC-C: 91.0%, OpenBookQA: 89.6%, GSM8k: 88.7%, PIQA: 88.6%, RULER: 87.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Hermes 3 70B and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct?

Hermes 3 70B supports 131K tokens and Phi-3.5-MoE-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 70B and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (4.0 vs 1.9), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Hermes 3 70B and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct?

Hermes 3 70B is developed by Nous Research and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is developed by Microsoft.

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