GLM-4.5 vs Hermes 3 405B Instruct
Prices checked
GLM-4.5 takes 2 of 5 rounds against Hermes 3 405B Instruct. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.35 per million tokens against $1.
Z.aiWins 2 roundsGLM-4.5
131k context · tool calling · open weights
$0.35/M tokensCheapest price, at Submodel · $0.17 per 1,000 pages
Nous ResearchHermes 3 405B Instruct
131k context · open weights
$1/M tokensOpenRouter's own price · $0.66 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$0.60/M
$1/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$2.20/M
$1/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$0.35/M at Submodel
none below the maker
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$1/M
$1/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.17
$0.66
Context
131k tokens
131k tokens
Open weights
yes
yes
Tool calling
yes
no
Structured output
not published
yes
Reads images
no
no
Reasoning
yes
no
Released
28 Jul 2025
16 Aug 2024
Providers selling it
23
9
Price we measure against
the maker's own
OpenRouter
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 4
DeepInfra$0.70 / $1
Eden AI$0.70 / $1
Kilo Gateway$1 / $1
OpenRouter$1 / $1
GLM-4.5, then Hermes 3 405B Instruct, per million tokens.
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Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5 or Hermes 3 405B Instruct?
- GLM-4.5, at $0.35 per million tokens against $1 for Hermes 3 405B Instruct, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- GLM-4.5: $0.35 at Submodel. Hermes 3 405B Instruct: nobody sells it below OpenRouter's own price with a stated reason, so $1 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: DeepInfra, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is DeepInfra.
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 131k tokens in one call.
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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