Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Hermes 3 405B Instruct
Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs 10.0x less per output token than Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 ($1.00 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $10.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $1.00
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 or Hermes 3 405B Instruct: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 for a larger context window (1.05M against 131K tokens).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has results on Aider polyglot, LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) and LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run); Hermes 3 405B Instruct has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 takes 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Hermes 3 405B Instruct
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 $0.0063, Hermes 3 405B Instruct $0.0015 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 not benchmarked, Hermes 3 405B Instruct not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 $10.00 against Hermes 3 405B Instruct $1.00 per million output tokens, 10.0x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 takes 1.05M tokens, Hermes 3 405B Instruct 131K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Hermes 3 405B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 83.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 79.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 77.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 3.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| SciCode | 7.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Hermes 3 405B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| METR time horizons | 55.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 0.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 42.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Hermes 3 405B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 19.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 84.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| SimpleBench | 62.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| VPCT | 46.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Hermes 3 405B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 85.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Hermes 3 405B Instruct | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 91.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 47 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Nous Hermes 3 405B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Nous Research | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | June 5, 2025 | August 16, 2024 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.25 | $1.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $1.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 better than Hermes 3 405B Instruct for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 for a larger context window (1.05M against 131K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 or Hermes 3 405B Instruct?
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs $1.00 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 or Hermes 3 405B Instruct?
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Has any benchmark tested both Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 and Hermes 3 405B Instruct?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has results on Aider polyglot, LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) and LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run); Hermes 3 405B Instruct has none yet. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.