Is Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) or Qwen3 Coder Next cheaper?

Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) is cheaper on output tokens ($0.00 vs $0.80 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) vs Qwen3 Coder Next

Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3 Coder Next offers a larger context window. Choose Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free) or Qwen3 Coder Next based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Hermes 3 405B Instruct (free)	Qwen3 Coder Next
Provider	OpenRouter	OpenRouter
Input / 1M tokens	$0.00	$0.11
Output / 1M tokens	$0.00	$0.80
Context window	131K	262K
Parameters	—	80B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Aug 2024	Feb 2026

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