Hermes 3 8B
Hermes 3 8B is an uncensored fine-tune by NousResearch based on Meta’s Llama 3.1 8B. With eight billion parameters and a 128,000-token context window, the model targets instruction following, tool use, and creative or ambiguous requests. Deployable locally under the Llama 3.1 Community License, the reduced refusal rate is a defining characteristic of this distribution.
- Restricted Weights
- Edge
- llama.cpp
- Text
- Instruction-Tuned
- Uncensored
- Real-Time
Sovereign Risk: MEDIUM NousResearch is a US-based company; the CLOUD Act is only relevant when using the API, not when running the Open Weights variant locally.
Key metrics
Score · Latency · Cost · Quality
- Total Score Bronze
- 58.83
- Routine
- 36.48
- Reasoning
- 22.35
- LLM Judge Avg
- 2.78 / 5
- 100 Coverage
- Avg Task Duration
- 12.93s
- Real-Time
- Token Rate
- 47.99tok/s
- Output Rate
- P95 Latency
- 28.73s
- Top 5 %
- Total Tokens
- 44400
- Output Volume
- Cost per 1K
- $0
- USD / 1K Requests
- Benchmark Cost
- $0
- Total · 44400 tok
Benchmark modules
10 modules · weighted · vs. model median & top performer
Hermes 3 8B
Best model
Ø All models
Code Quality
56.7
CLI Benchmark
80.56
Logical Reasoning
48.82
UX Writing
59.15
Documentation
48.06
Content Transform.
64.24
Cultural Intelligence
67.6
Synthesis Quality
30
Tool Execution
83.33
ToolUse Score
56.38
Benchmark Cost
$0
Token efficiency & latency
Consumption per module vs. model median
Token consumption per module
Performance profile
Key metrics – legend
Score
- Total Score
- Overall score derived from Routine and Reasoning scores. Basis for the fleet rank and tier assignment (Gold / Silver / Bronze).
- Routine
- Score for standard tasks: code generation, text transformation, structured outputs. Weighted by task complexity.
- Reasoning
- Score for analytical and logical tasks: multi-step problem solving, mathematical reasoning, structured argumentation.
- Rank
- Position in the fleet comparison, sorted by Total Score. Refers to the snapshot at the time of testing.
LLM Judge
- LLM Judge Ø
- Average quality rating by an independent judge model on a scale of 1–5.
- Coverage
- Share of tasks for which a judge rating is available. 100% means all responses were evaluated.
Latency & speed
- Avg. Task Duration
- Average time per task from the first to the last token of the response, measured across all benchmark tasks.
- Token Rate
- Output speed in tokens per second. Relevant for interactive applications and real-time streaming.
- P95 Latency
- 95th percentile of response times — shows outliers. Lower values mean fewer long wait times in edge cases.
Cost
- Cost per 1K
- API price per 1,000 output tokens in US dollars. Basis for cost calculation in production use.
- Benchmark Cost
- Total cost for the complete benchmark run of this model.