AI model comparison
Llama 4 Scout vs Hermes 3 70B Instruct
Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.
Meta
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct (16E) is a mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model developed by Meta, activating 17 billion parameters out of a total of 109B.
- Input / 1M
- $0.18
- Output / 1M
- $0.59
- Context
- 1.31M
Hermes 3 is a generalist language model with many improvements over [Hermes 2](/models/nousresearch/nous-hermes-2-mistral-7b-dpo), including advanced agentic capabilities, much better roleplaying, reasoning, multi-turn conversation, long context coherence, and improvements across the
- Input / 1M
- $0.70
- Output / 1M
- $0.70
- Context
- 131K
At a glance
Quick verdict
How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.
Lower price
Llama 4 Scout
2.7x cheaper for a typical chat
Higher intelligence score
Llama 4 Scout
8.1 vs 6.7 on Artificial Analysis
Larger context window
Llama 4 Scout
1.31M vs 131K tokens
Newer release
Llama 4 Scout
Released April 5, 2025
Benchmarks
Benchmark scores
Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Intelligence index
Hermes 3 70B Instruct6.7Coding index
Hermes 3 70B InstructNot availableAgentic index
Hermes 3 70B InstructNot availablePricing
Llama 4 Scout vs Hermes 3 70B Instruct API pricing
Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.
| Metric | Hermes 3 70B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Input tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.18 | $0.70 |
| Output tokensPer 1M tokens | $0.59 | $0.70 |
| Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens | Not available | Not available |
| Cache writePer 1M tokens | Not available | Not 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
Hermes 3 70B Instruct$1.75Coding task
30K in, 4K out
Hermes 3 70B Instruct$23.80Long document summary
150K in, 2K out
Hermes 3 70B Instruct$106.40Specs
Context window and capabilities
How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.
| Metric | Hermes 3 70B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.31M tokens | 131K tokens |
| Max output | 118K tokens | 16K tokens |
| Input types | Image, Text | Text |
| Output types | Text | Text |
| Reasoning effort levels | Not available | Not available |
| Default reasoning effort | Not available | Not available |
| Release date | April 5, 2025 | August 18, 2024 |
Features
Supported features
API features available for each model.
| Metric | Hermes 3 70B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Tool calling | Supported | Not supported |
| Structured outputs | Supported | Supported |
| JSON mode | Supported | Not supported |
| Reasoning | Not supported | Not supported |
| Temperature | Supported | Supported |
| Stop sequences | Supported | Supported |
| Deterministic seed | Supported | Supported |
| Verbosity control | Not supported | Not supported |
Keep exploring
More on these models
Other head-to-heads, the full model page, and the alternatives list for each model.
- Llama 4 Scout vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
- Llama 4 Scout vs gpt-oss-120b
- Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-4o-mini
- Llama 4 Scout vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- Llama 4 Scout vs Qwen3 Coder Next
- Llama 4 Scout vs GPT-4.1 Nano
- Llama 4 Scout vs Llama 4 Maverick
- Llama 4 Scout vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
- Llama 4 Scout vs Solar Pro 3
- Llama 4 Scout vs Sonar
- Llama 4 Scout vs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct
- Llama 4 Scout vs Saba
- Llama 4 Scout vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Hermes 3 70B InstructView full model details- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs GPT-4o-mini
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Gemma 3 27B
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Qwen3 Coder Next
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Hermes 4 405B
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Hermes 3 405B Instruct
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Saba
Our take
Llama 4 Scout is 2.7x cheaper for a typical chat. Llama 4 Scout scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (8.1 vs 6.7). Llama 4 Scout has the larger context window (1.31M vs 131K 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 Llama 4 Scout or Hermes 3 70B Instruct cheaper?
Llama 4 Scout is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Llama 4 Scout costs $0.18 per 1M input tokens and $0.59 per 1M output tokens, while Hermes 3 70B Instruct costs $0.70 per 1M input tokens and $0.70 per 1M output tokens.
Which has a bigger context window, Llama 4 Scout or Hermes 3 70B Instruct?
Llama 4 Scout supports up to 1.31M tokens of context, compared with 131K for Hermes 3 70B Instruct.
Is Llama 4 Scout smarter than Hermes 3 70B Instruct?
On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Llama 4 Scout scores 8.1 and Hermes 3 70B Instruct scores 6.7, putting Llama 4 Scout ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.
Can I use Llama 4 Scout and Hermes 3 70B Instruct at the same time?
Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Llama 4 Scout and Hermes 3 70B Instruct answer side by side and keep the better response.
Why choose? Ask both.
Send one prompt to Llama 4 Scout and Hermes 3 70B Instruct at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.