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| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starting Price | $1.00e-6 per prompt token | $6.00e-7 per prompt token |
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Hermes 4 implements a hybrid reasoning architecture where the model dynamically chooses between direct response generation and extended internal deliberation modes. The model uses learned routing mechanisms to determine when complex reasoning chains are necessary versus when direct answers suffice, processing deliberation tokens internally before producing final outputs. This approach reduces unnecessary computation for straightforward queries while enabling deep reasoning for complex problems.
Unique: Built on Llama-3.1-405B with learned routing that selectively activates internal deliberation pathways, allowing the model to choose reasoning depth per query rather than applying uniform extended thinking to all inputs. This contrasts with fixed-depth reasoning models like o1 that always use extended thinking.
vs alternatives: Offers reasoning capabilities with adaptive compute allocation, reducing latency for simple queries compared to models with mandatory extended thinking, while maintaining deep reasoning for complex problems.
Hermes 4 supports extended context windows enabling multi-turn conversations with deep history retention and coherent reference resolution across hundreds of exchanges. The model maintains semantic understanding of prior conversation threads, enabling it to track evolving context, resolve pronouns and references to earlier statements, and build upon previous reasoning chains without context collapse. This is implemented through Llama-3.1's optimized attention mechanisms and position interpolation techniques.
Unique: Leverages Llama-3.1-405B's optimized attention mechanisms with position interpolation to maintain coherent context across extended conversations without explicit summarization, enabling natural reference resolution and context accumulation at scale.
vs alternatives: Maintains conversation coherence over longer exchanges than smaller models while avoiding the latency penalties of explicit context summarization strategies used by some competitors.
Hermes 4 summarizes long documents and extracts key information through instruction-tuning on summarization tasks and pretraining on diverse text corpora. The model can generate abstractive summaries that capture main ideas in condensed form, as well as extractive summaries that identify key sentences. It supports multiple summarization styles (bullet points, paragraphs, headlines) and can extract specific information types (entities, dates, relationships) from unstructured text. This is implemented through attention mechanisms that identify salient information and reasoning about information importance.
Unique: 405B-scale model with instruction-tuning on summarization tasks enables generation of abstractive summaries that capture nuance and context better than smaller models, with support for multiple summary formats and targeted information extraction.
vs alternatives: Generates more coherent and contextually-aware summaries than smaller models, with better ability to extract specific information types and adapt summary format to different use cases.
Hermes 4 assesses semantic similarity between texts and ranks items by relevance to queries through learned representations and attention mechanisms. The model understands semantic relationships beyond keyword matching, enabling it to identify similar documents even when they use different vocabulary. It can rank search results, recommend similar items, or identify duplicate content based on semantic similarity rather than exact matching. This capability is implemented through pretraining on diverse text corpora and instruction-tuning on relevance ranking tasks.
Unique: 405B-scale model with instruction-tuning on relevance ranking tasks enables nuanced semantic similarity assessment that goes beyond keyword matching, understanding intent and context in ranking decisions.
vs alternatives: Provides more contextually-aware relevance rankings than keyword-based search and smaller semantic models, with better understanding of query intent and document relevance.
Hermes 4 engages in natural, personality-consistent dialogue through instruction-tuning on conversational datasets and pretraining on diverse dialogue corpora. The model can adopt specified personas, maintain consistent character traits across conversations, and engage in natural back-and-forth exchanges. It understands conversational conventions (turn-taking, topic transitions, politeness) and can adapt communication style to match user preferences. This is implemented through attention mechanisms that track conversation state and instruction-tuning that enables personality specification.
Unique: 405B-scale model with instruction-tuning on conversational datasets enables maintenance of consistent personality across extended dialogues, with nuanced understanding of conversational conventions and style adaptation.
vs alternatives: Maintains personality consistency better than smaller models across longer conversations and produces more natural dialogue that follows conversational conventions rather than feeling scripted.
Hermes 4 implements structured function calling through schema-based tool binding, where developers define tool specifications as JSON schemas and the model learns to emit properly formatted function calls that map to external APIs or local functions. The model understands tool semantics, parameter requirements, and return types, enabling it to compose multi-step tool sequences and handle tool failures gracefully. This is implemented through instruction-tuning on function-calling datasets and constrained decoding to ensure valid JSON output.
Unique: Trained on diverse function-calling datasets enabling robust tool invocation across varied domains; uses instruction-tuning to understand tool semantics and parameter constraints rather than relying solely on in-context examples.
vs alternatives: Produces more reliable function calls than smaller models and maintains tool-calling accuracy across complex multi-step workflows, reducing the need for extensive prompt engineering or output validation.
Hermes 4 generates code across multiple programming languages through large-scale pretraining on diverse code repositories and instruction-tuning on code-specific tasks. The model understands code structure, semantics, and best practices, enabling it to generate syntactically correct, idiomatic code for various tasks including function implementation, refactoring, and bug fixing. It supports both single-file generation and multi-file context awareness, allowing it to generate code that integrates with existing codebases when provided with sufficient context.
Unique: 405B-scale model trained on massive code corpora with instruction-tuning for code-specific tasks, enabling understanding of complex architectural patterns and cross-file dependencies that smaller models struggle with.
vs alternatives: Generates more contextually-aware code than smaller models and handles complex refactoring tasks better due to larger model capacity and deeper semantic understanding of code patterns.
Hermes 4 implements robust instruction-following through extensive instruction-tuning on diverse task datasets, enabling it to understand and execute complex, multi-step instructions with high fidelity. The model learns to parse instruction structure, identify task constraints and requirements, and adapt its behavior accordingly. This includes support for role-playing, style adaptation, output format specification, and conditional logic within instructions. The architecture uses attention mechanisms to track instruction context throughout generation.
Unique: Instruction-tuned on diverse task datasets enabling robust parsing of complex, multi-constraint instructions; 405B scale provides capacity to maintain instruction fidelity across long outputs and complex conditional logic.
vs alternatives: Follows complex, multi-part instructions more reliably than smaller models and maintains consistency across longer outputs, reducing the need for prompt engineering workarounds and output validation.
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GLM-4.5 uses a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture to dynamically route tokens through specialized expert networks based on input characteristics, enabling efficient processing of 128k-token contexts without proportional latency increases. The MoE design allows selective expert activation per token, reducing computational overhead while maintaining reasoning depth across extended conversations and multi-document analysis tasks typical of agent-based workflows.
Unique: Mixture-of-Experts routing specifically tuned for agent workloads rather than generic dense models; expert activation patterns are optimized for tool-use sequences and multi-step reasoning rather than general language tasks
vs alternatives: Outperforms dense models like GPT-4 Turbo on agent tasks within 128k context by routing computational budget to relevant experts, reducing latency and cost vs. models that process all tokens through identical layers
GLM-4.5 implements native function calling through a schema-based registry where tools are defined as JSON schemas with parameter constraints, type validation, and description metadata. The model learns to emit structured tool invocations that map directly to function signatures, enabling deterministic tool orchestration without post-processing or regex parsing. Integration with OpenRouter's API exposes this via standard function-calling parameters compatible with OpenAI's format.
Unique: Schema-based function calling is trained directly into the model weights rather than implemented as post-hoc decoding constraints, allowing the model to learn semantic relationships between tool purposes and input context during training
vs alternatives: More reliable than constraint-based function calling (e.g., Guidance, LMQL) because tool selection is learned rather than enforced, reducing parsing failures and enabling the model to reason about tool applicability
Nous: Hermes 4 405B scores higher at 24/100 vs Z.ai: GLM 4.5 at 24/100.
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GLM-4.5 can be used for batch inference through OpenRouter's API, enabling cost-optimized processing of large numbers of requests. Batch processing typically offers reduced pricing compared to real-time API calls and is suitable for non-urgent inference tasks. The model can process batches of prompts efficiently, with results returned after processing completes. This is valuable for agents running scheduled tasks or processing large datasets.
Unique: Batch processing is offered through OpenRouter's unified API rather than a separate batch service, enabling seamless switching between real-time and batch modes with the same client code
vs alternatives: More cost-effective than real-time API for high-volume inference; simpler than managing separate batch infrastructure because OpenRouter handles queuing and result delivery
GLM-4.5 maintains coherent conversation state across turns by encoding prior messages into a compressed representation that persists within the 128k context window. The model uses attention mechanisms to selectively retrieve relevant prior context, enabling agents to reference earlier decisions, tool results, and user preferences without explicit memory management. This is particularly effective for agent workflows where state accumulation (e.g., task progress, discovered facts) must inform subsequent actions.
Unique: Implicit memory management through attention-based context selection rather than explicit memory modules; the model learns which prior turns are relevant without separate retrieval or summarization steps
vs alternatives: More efficient than explicit memory systems (e.g., LangChain's ConversationBufferMemory) because attention is computed once during inference rather than requiring separate retrieval and summarization passes
GLM-4.5 generates code across 40+ programming languages by leveraging training data that includes diverse codebases and syntax patterns. The model understands language-specific idioms, library conventions, and structural patterns (e.g., async/await in JavaScript, type hints in Python, generics in Java) without explicit language-specific modules. Generation is context-aware, respecting indentation, existing code style, and project conventions when completing or extending code snippets.
Unique: Language-agnostic code generation trained on diverse codebases rather than language-specific fine-tuning; the model generalizes syntax patterns across languages, enabling reasonable code generation even for less common languages
vs alternatives: Broader language coverage than specialized models like Codex (which emphasizes Python/JavaScript) but lower quality on niche languages compared to language-specific models; better for polyglot teams than single-language specialists
GLM-4.5 is trained on extensive technical documentation, API references, and code examples, enabling it to understand and reason about complex technical concepts, library APIs, and system architectures. The model can parse API schemas (OpenAPI, GraphQL, Protocol Buffers), understand parameter constraints and type systems, and generate code that correctly uses APIs based on documentation. This is particularly valuable for agent workflows that must interact with external systems.
Unique: Semantic understanding of API schemas and documentation is learned from training data rather than implemented as a separate schema parser; the model reasons about API semantics holistically
vs alternatives: More flexible than code-generation-only models because it understands API semantics and can reason about correctness; better than generic LLMs for technical tasks because training includes extensive API documentation
GLM-4.5 can generate responses that explicitly show reasoning steps, enabling transparency into how conclusions were reached. When prompted with chain-of-thought patterns, the model generates intermediate reasoning steps before final answers, making it suitable for applications requiring explainability or verification. This is implemented through training on reasoning-annotated data and prompt patterns that encourage step-by-step decomposition.
Unique: Chain-of-thought reasoning is trained directly into the model rather than implemented as a decoding strategy; the model learns to generate reasoning steps as part of its core training objective
vs alternatives: More natural and coherent reasoning steps than prompt-injection approaches (e.g., appending 'think step by step') because reasoning is learned as a first-class capability
GLM-4.5 supports multiple languages (Chinese, English, and others) with training that enables cross-lingual reasoning — understanding concepts expressed in one language and reasoning about them in another. The model can translate, summarize, and reason across languages without language-specific degradation. This is particularly valuable for global applications and agents that must operate in multilingual environments.
Unique: Cross-lingual reasoning is learned from multilingual training data rather than implemented as separate language-specific models; the model develops a shared representation across languages
vs alternatives: More efficient than maintaining separate models per language because a single model handles all languages; better for cross-lingual reasoning than language-specific models because the shared representation enables concept transfer
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