NousResearch: Hermes 2 Pro – Llama-3 8B
Review
NousResearch Hermes 2 Pro on Llama-3 8B is a fine-tuned model with function calling support and low pricing, but no benchmark data is available; it may suit lightweight structured-output tasks but cannot be verified for business-critical use.
Assessment date: April 4, 2026
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Performance Profile
Hermes 2 Pro is an upgraded, retrained version of Nous Hermes 2, consisting of an updated and cleaned version of the OpenHermes 2.5 Dataset, as well as a newly introduced..
Architecture
| Modality | Text → Text |
| Tokenizer | Llama3 |
| Instruct Type | chatml |
| Parameters | 8B |
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-llama-3-8b
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| Provider | nousresearch |
| Release Date | May 27, 2024 |
| Context Length | 8,192 tokens |
| Max Completion | 8,192 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.14 | $0.000140 |
| Output | $0.14 | $0.000140 |
Live Performance
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Last updated: April 15, 2026 8:53 pm