Model Comparison

Hermes 3 70B vs QwQ-32B

Hermes 3 70B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Hermes 3 70B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while QwQ-32B is better at 0 benchmarks.

Hermes 3 70B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B
Input tokens$0.35
Output tokens$1.40
Best providerDeepinfra
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

37.5B diff

Hermes 3 70B has 37.5B more parameters than QwQ-32B, making it 115.4% larger.

Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B
70.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
32.5Bparameters
70.0B
Hermes 3 70B
32.5B
QwQ-32B

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 (16,384 tokens).

Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B
Input131,072 tokens
Output16,384 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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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 70B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

QwQ-32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Hermes 3 70B was released on 2024-08-15, while QwQ-32B was released on 2025-03-05.

QwQ-32B is 7 months newer than Hermes 3 70B.

Hermes 3 70B

Aug 15, 2024

1.7 years ago

QwQ-32B

Mar 5, 2025

1.1 years ago

6mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

QwQ-32B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-11-28, while Hermes 3 70B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm QwQ-32B's training data extends to 2024-11-28, but cannot make a direct comparison without Hermes 3 70B's cutoff date.

Hermes 3 70B

QwQ-32B

Nov 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (131,072 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (66.1% vs 65.2%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

QwQ-32B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Nous Research
Hermes 3 70B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
QwQ-32B

FAQ

Common questions about Hermes 3 70B vs QwQ-32B

Hermes 3 70B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Hermes 3 70B is made by Nous Research and QwQ-32B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Hermes 3 70B scores MT-Bench: 89.9%, HellaSwag: 88.2%, BoolQ: 88.0%, PIQA: 84.4%, Winogrande: 83.2%. QwQ-32B scores MATH-500: 90.6%, IFEval: 83.9%, AIME 2024: 79.5%, LiveBench: 73.1%, BFCL: 66.4%.
Hermes 3 70B supports 131K tokens and QwQ-32B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Hermes 3 70B is developed by Nous Research and QwQ-32B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.