Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Hermes 4 405B
Prices checked
Gemini 3.6 Flash and Hermes 4 405B split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
GoogleGemini 3.6 Flash
1M context · tool calling · reads images
$0.75/M tokensCheapest price, at Kilo Gateway · $0.34 per 1,000 pages
Nous ResearchHermes 4 405B
131k context · open weights
$0.53/M tokensCheapest price, at NanoGPT · $0.25 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.75/M
$1/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$3.75/M
$3/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.75/M at Kilo Gateway
$0.53/M at NanoGPT
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$1.50/M
$1.50/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.34
$0.25
Context
1M tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
no
yes
Tool calling
yes
no
Structured output
yes
yes
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
21 Jul 2026
26 Aug 2025
Providers selling it
39
8
Price we measure against
the maker's own
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 7
NanoGPT$1.50 / $0.53
Kilo Gateway$0.75 / $1.50
Eden AI$1.50 / $1.50
OpenRouter$1.50 / $1.50
Cortecs$1.50 / $1.50
TrustedRouter$1.58 / $1.58
Requesty$2.88 / $1.50
Gemini 3.6 Flash, then Hermes 4 405B, per million tokens.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Hermes 4 405B?
- Hermes 4 405B, at $0.53 per million tokens against $0.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Gemini 3.6 Flash: $0.75 at Kilo Gateway. Hermes 4 405B: $0.53 at NanoGPT.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 7 providers sell both: NanoGPT, Kilo Gateway, Eden AI, OpenRouter, Cortecs, TrustedRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
- Which holds more context?
- Gemini 3.6 Flash, at 1M tokens against 131k.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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