R1 0528 vs Hermes 3 70B Instruct

R1 0528 at $0.575 in and $2.47 out and Hermes 3 70B Instruct at $0.805 in and $0.805 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

R1 0528

DeepSeek

0.49¢

for a client proposal

$0.575 in · $2.47 out / 1M

164K context · released May 2025

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Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Nous Research

0.47¢

for a client proposal

$0.805 in · $0.805 out / 1M

131K context · released August 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.95¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: R1 0528 at $0.575 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Hermes 3 70B Instruct at $0.805 per million tokens.
Largest context: R1 0528 at 164K tokens — about 230 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

R1 0528

0.24¢

Hermes 3 70B Instruct

0.2¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

R1 0528

0.49¢

Hermes 3 70B Instruct

0.47¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

R1 0528

$0.10

Hermes 3 70B Instruct

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

R1 0528

2.3¢

Hermes 3 70B Instruct

2.9¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

R1 0528

needs 250K ctx

Hermes 3 70B Instruct

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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R1 0528

Hermes 3 70B Instruct

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Pricing

R1 0528

Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Input / 1M tokens

$0.575

$0.805

Output / 1M tokens

$2.47

$0.805

Cached input / 1M

$0.403

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Specs

R1 0528

Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Provider

DeepSeek

Nous Research

Released

May 2025

August 2024

Context window

164K

131K

Max output

33K

16K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2025-03-31

2023-12-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

R1 0528

DeepSeek

0.24¢

for this task

48% input · 52% output

Full pricing →

Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Nous Research

0.2¢

for this task

80% input · 20% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.44¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 1,136 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, R1 0528 has the largest context window here — 164K tokens.

On price, Hermes 3 70B Instruct is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.47¢.

If you want to watch the model think, R1 0528 shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, R1 0528 or Hermes 3 70B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Hermes 3 70B Instruct at 0.47¢; R1 0528 at 0.49¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

R1 0528 — 164K tokens, about 230 pages.

Can I run R1 0528 and Hermes 3 70B Instruct side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.95¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.95¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.