Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning) vs GPT-5.1 (high)

Comparing 2 AI models · 5 benchmarks · Nous Research, OpenAI

Most Affordable
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Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)
$1.00/1M
Highest Intelligence
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GPT-5.1 (high)
87.3% GPQA
Best for Coding
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GPT-5.1 (high)
57.5 Coding Index
Price Difference
1.3x
input cost range

Composite Indices

Intelligence, Coding, Math

Standard Benchmarks

Academic and industry benchmarks

Benchmark Winners

5 tests
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Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)

0

No clear wins

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GPT-5.1 (high)

5
  • GPQA
  • MMLU Pro
  • HLE
  • LiveCodeBench
  • AIME 2025
Metric
Nous Research logo Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)
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OpenAI logo GPT-5.1 (high)
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Pricing
Per 1M tokens
Input Cost $1.00/1M $1.25/1M
Output Cost $3.00/1M $10.00/1M
Blended Cost 3:1 input/output ratio
$1.50/1M $3.44/1M
Specifications
Organization Model creator
Nous Research OpenAI
Release Date Launch date
Aug 27, 2025 Nov 13, 2025
Performance & Speed
Throughput Output speed
36.0 tok/s 273.7 tok/s
Time to First Token (TTFT) Initial response delay
756ms 8572ms
Latency Time to first answer token
56268ms 8572ms
Composite Indices
Intelligence Index Overall reasoning capability
41.6 69.7
Coding Index Programming ability
34.8 57.5
Math Index Mathematical reasoning
69.7 94.0
Standard Benchmarks
GPQA Graduate-level reasoning
72.7% 87.3%
MMLU Pro Advanced knowledge
82.9% 87.0%
HLE Hard language evaluation
10.3% 26.5%
LiveCodeBench Real-world coding tasks
68.6% 86.8%
MATH 500 Mathematical problems
AIME 2025 Advanced math competition
69.7% 94.0%
AIME (Original) Math olympiad problems
SciCode Scientific code generation
25.2% 43.3%
LCR Code review capability
20.7% 75.0%
IFBench Instruction-following
32.7% 72.9%
TAU-bench v2 Tool use & agentic tasks
22.2% 81.9%
TerminalBench Hard CLI command generation
10.6% 42.6%

Key Takeaways

Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning) offers the best value at $1.00/1M, making it ideal for high-volume applications and cost-conscious projects.

GPT-5.1 (high) leads in reasoning capabilities with a 87.3% GPQA score, excelling at complex analytical tasks and problem-solving.

GPT-5.1 (high) achieves a 57.5 coding index, making it the top choice for software development and code generation tasks.

All models support context windows of ∞+ tokens, suitable for processing lengthy documents and maintaining extended conversations.

When to Choose Each Model

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Hermes 4 - Llama-3.1 405B (Reasoning)

  • Cost-sensitive applications
  • High-volume processing
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GPT-5.1 (high)

  • Complex reasoning tasks
  • Research & analysis
  • Code generation
  • Software development

Cost Calculator

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Costs are estimates based on API pricing. Actual costs may vary based on caching, batch processing, and volume discounts.