Hermes 2 Pro is an upgraded, retrained version of Nous Hermes 2, consisting of an updated and cleaned version of the OpenHermes 2.5 Dataset, as well as a newly introduced Function Calling and JSON Mode dataset developed in-house.
Model details →NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B vs Reka Edge
Reka Edge wins on 5 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Reka Edge is an extremely efficient 7B multimodal vision-language model that accepts image/video+text inputs and generates text outputs. This model is optimized specifically to deliver industry-leading performance in image understanding, vi…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B | Reka Edge | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 8K | 16K | 🏆 Reka Edge |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.14 | $0.10 | 🏆 Reka Edge |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.14 | $0.10 | 🏆 Reka Edge |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Reka Edge |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Reka Edge |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B better than Reka Edge?
Reka Edge wins on 5 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B and Reka Edge?
Input: $0.14 vs $0.10 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.14 vs $0.10 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B and Reka Edge support?
NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B supports up to 8K tokens. Reka Edge supports up to 16K tokens.
Do both NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B and Reka Edge support tool calling?
NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B: not advertised. Reka Edge: yes.