Hermes 3 405B Instruct vs Cydonia 24B V4.1
Cydonia 24B V4.1 costs 2.0x less per output token than Hermes 3 405B Instruct ($0.50 vs $1.00 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $1.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.50
Hermes 3 405B Instruct or Cydonia 24B V4.1: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
No benchmark has tested either model yet, so price and context are the only way to compare them.
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
No call
Both take 131K tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Cydonia 24B V4.1
Hermes 3 405B Instruct $0.0015, Cydonia 24B V4.1 $0.0006 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Hermes 3 405B Instruct not benchmarked, Cydonia 24B V4.1 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
- Hermes 3 405B Instruct $1.00 against Cydonia 24B V4.1 $0.50 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 131K tokens.
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.
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
Cydonia 24B V4.1 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Cydonia 24B V4.1 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Cydonia 24B V4.1 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 | Nous Hermes 3 405B Instruct | TheDrummer Cydonia 24B V4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Nous Research | TheDrummer |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | August 16, 2024 | September 27, 2025 |
| Context window | 131K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.00 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.00 | $0.50 |
| 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 Hermes 3 405B Instruct better than Cydonia 24B V4.1 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Hermes 3 405B Instruct or Cydonia 24B V4.1?
Hermes 3 405B Instruct costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; Cydonia 24B V4.1 costs $0.30 and $0.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Hermes 3 405B Instruct or Cydonia 24B V4.1?
Neither: both take 131K tokens.
Has any benchmark tested both Hermes 3 405B Instruct and Cydonia 24B V4.1?
No benchmark has tested either model yet, so price and context are the only way to compare them. Data as of October 23, 2026.