AI model comparison

Hermes 4 405B vs GLM 4.5V

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Hermes 4 is a large-scale reasoning model built on Meta-Llama-3.1-405B and released by Nous Research.

Input / 1M
$1
Output / 1M
$3
Context
131K

GLM-4.5V is a vision-language foundation model for multimodal agent applications.

Input / 1M
$0.60
Output / 1M
$1.80
Context
66K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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GLM 4.5V

1.7x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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GLM 4.5V

7.6 vs 7.5 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Hermes 4 405B

131K vs 66K tokens

Newer release

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Hermes 4 405B

Released August 26, 2025

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

nousresearch logoHermes 4 405B7.5
z-ai logoGLM 4.5V7.6

Coding index

nousresearch logoHermes 4 405BNot available
z-ai logoGLM 4.5VNot available

Agentic index

nousresearch logoHermes 4 405BNot available
z-ai logoGLM 4.5VNot available

Pricing

Hermes 4 405B vs GLM 4.5V API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricnousresearch logoHermes 4 405Bz-ai logoGLM 4.5V
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$1$0.60
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$3$1.80
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokensNot available$0.11
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

nousresearch logoHermes 4 405B$3.50
z-ai logoGLM 4.5V$2.10

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

nousresearch logoHermes 4 405B$42
z-ai logoGLM 4.5V$25.20$10.50 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

nousresearch logoHermes 4 405B$156
z-ai logoGLM 4.5V$93.60$20.10 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricnousresearch logoHermes 4 405Bz-ai logoGLM 4.5V
Context window131K tokens66K tokens
Max output118K tokens16K tokens
Input typesTextImage, Text
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableNot available
Default reasoning effortNot availableNot available
Release dateAugust 26, 2025August 11, 2025

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricnousresearch logoHermes 4 405Bz-ai logoGLM 4.5V
Tool callingNot supportedSupported
Structured outputsNot supportedNot supported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesNot supportedSupported
Deterministic seedNot supportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

GLM 4.5V is 1.7x cheaper for a typical chat. GLM 4.5V scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (7.6 vs 7.5). Hermes 4 405B has the larger context window (131K vs 66K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Hermes 4 405B or GLM 4.5V cheaper?

GLM 4.5V is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). GLM 4.5V costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens and $1.80 per 1M output tokens, while Hermes 4 405B costs $1 per 1M input tokens and $3 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Hermes 4 405B or GLM 4.5V?

Hermes 4 405B supports up to 131K tokens of context, compared with 66K for GLM 4.5V.

Is Hermes 4 405B smarter than GLM 4.5V?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Hermes 4 405B scores 7.5 and GLM 4.5V scores 7.6, putting GLM 4.5V ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Hermes 4 405B and GLM 4.5V at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Hermes 4 405B and GLM 4.5V answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Hermes 4 405B and GLM 4.5V at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.