Hermes 3 is a generalist language model with many improvements over Hermes 2, including advanced agentic capabilities, much better roleplaying, reasoning, multi-turn conversation, long context coherence, and improvements across the...
Model details →Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct vs Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
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Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct | Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 131K | 200K | 🏆 Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $1.00 | $1.00 | Tie |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $1.00 | $5.00 | 🏆 Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | Yes | 🏆 Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | Yes | 🏆 Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct better than Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest?
Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest wins on 4 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct and Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest?
Input: $1.00 vs $1.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $1.00 vs $5.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct and Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest support?
Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct supports up to 131K tokens. Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest supports up to 200K tokens.
Do both Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct and Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest support tool calling?
Nous: Hermes 3 405B Instruct: not advertised. Anthropic Claude Haiku Latest: yes.
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