Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6 or Hermes 3 405B Instruct?

GLM-4.6, at $2 per million tokens against $4 for Hermes 3 405B Instruct, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

GLM-4.6: $2 at 302.AI. Hermes 3 405B Instruct: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $4 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 6 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter, TrustedRouter, DeepInfra, Eden AI, Venice. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.

Which holds more context?

GLM-4.6, at 205k tokens against 131k.

GLM-4.6 vs Hermes 3 405B Instruct.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

GLM-4.6 takes 3 of 5 rounds against Hermes 3 405B Instruct. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $2 per million tokens against $4.

Z.aiwins 3 rounds

GLM-4.6

$2/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at 302.AI · $0.24 per 1,000 pages

205k context · tool calling · open weights

Nous Research

Hermes 3 405B Instruct

$4/M tokens

OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.66 per 1,000 pages

131k context · open weights

List price in (lower wins)

$0.60/M

$1/M

List price out (lower wins)

$2.20/M

$1/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$2/M at 302.AI

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$4/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.24

$0.66

Context

205k tokens

131k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

yes

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

30 Sept 2025

16 Aug 2024

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

OpenRouter

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 6

Kilo Gateway$3.04 / $4
OpenRouter$3.04 / $4
TrustedRouter$3.21 / $4.22
DeepInfra$3.50 / $4
Eden AI$3.50 / $4
Venice$3.04 / $6.30

GLM-4.6 then Hermes 3 405B Instruct, per million tokens

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What moved in the last seven days

GLM-4.6io.net Intelligence$0.54 / $2.07 $0.52 / $2.042% cheaper · 16 Sept 2026
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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6 or Hermes 3 405B Instruct?: GLM-4.6, at $2 per million tokens against $4 for Hermes 3 405B Instruct, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: GLM-4.6: $2 at 302.AI. Hermes 3 405B Instruct: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $4 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 6 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter, TrustedRouter, DeepInfra, Eden AI, Venice. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
Which holds more context?: GLM-4.6, at 205k tokens against 131k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.