Is Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 405b or Claude Opus 4.5 cheaper?

Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 405b is cheaper on output tokens ($3.00 vs $30.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 405b or Claude Opus 4.5?

Claude Opus 4.5 has the larger context window (198K tokens).

Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 405b vs Claude Opus 4.5

Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 405b is cheaper on output tokens, while Claude Opus 4.5 offers a larger context window. Choose Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 405b or Claude Opus 4.5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 405b	Claude Opus 4.5
Provider	Venice AI	Venice AI
Input / 1M tokens	$1.10	$6.00
Output / 1M tokens	$3.00	$30.00
Context window	128K	198K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Sep 2025	Dec 2025

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