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Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 benchmark

Name: Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 AI benchmark comparison
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This page compares Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct (nousresearch) and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (Moonshot) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 17, 2026. Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct wins on output price at $0.7/1M. Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct has the larger context window (131k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

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$0.7/1M out

Moonshot

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Auto-discovered from OpenRouter (moonshotai/kimi-k2). Preview until a second source matches.

K2 BaseElo 1,465$2.3/1M out

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Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct (1)vsMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (8)

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct: 1W (11%)Overall: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 8W (89%)

← Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct1 tiesMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 →

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

—vs1,465

Coding Elo

—vs1,470

SWE-bench

—vs65.8%

LiveBench

—vs62.8%

GPQA Diamond

—vs76.5%

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct: 0WMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 5W

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

—vs85 tok/s

Time to first token

—vs240 ms

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct: 0WMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 2W

Tied (1/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.7/1Mvs$2.3/1M

Input price

$0.7/1Mvs$0.57/1M

Context window

131kvs131k

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct: 1WMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 1W

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Dimensional AdvantageMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 4/6

Preference Elo

No shared data

Throughput Speed

No shared data

Token Price Efficiency

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

$1.60/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

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EloHigh is better

1,465

Code Elo

High is better

—

Code EloHigh is better

1,470

LiveBench

High is better

—

LiveBenchHigh is better

62.8%

SWE-bench

High is better

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SWE-benchHigh is better

65.8%

GPQA

High is better

—

GPQAHigh is better

76.5%

TTFT

Low is better

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TTFTLow is better

240 ms

Speed

High is better

—

SpeedHigh is better

85 tok/s

In $

Low is better

$0.70 / 1M

In $Low is better

$0.57 / 1M+23%

Out $

Low is better

+229%$0.70 / 1M

Out $Low is better

$2.30 / 1M

Context

High is better

131k

ContextHigh is better

131k

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Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 36% with Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct$35.00 / mo

In: $24.5Out: $10.5

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711$54.45 / mo

In: $19.95Out: $34.5

Estimated Cost Delta

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct is estimated to save $19.45/month ($233/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

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Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct:Pick Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct when you are optimizing output cost.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatNous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Lower output list price ($0.7/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGNous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct	Lower output list price ($0.7/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Elo n/a

LiveBench—

SWE-bench—

Speed—

Output cost$0.7/1M

Moonshot

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

Elo 1,465

LiveBench62.8%

SWE-bench65.8%

Speed85 tok/s

Output cost$2.3/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?: We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.
Which is better at coding, Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?: SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct output tokens are $0.7/1M versus $2.3/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?: We do not have TTFT for both models.
Which has the larger context window?: Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct accepts 131k tokens versus 131k.
Can I self-host either model?: Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 benchmark

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Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct (1)vsMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (8)

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct: 1W (11%)Overall: MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 8W (89%)

← Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct1 tiesMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 →

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

—vs1,465

Coding Elo

—vs1,470

SWE-bench

—vs65.8%

LiveBench

—vs62.8%

GPQA Diamond

—vs76.5%

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct: 0WMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 5W

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

—vs85 tok/s

Time to first token

—vs240 ms

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct: 0WMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 2W

Tied (1/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.7/1Mvs$2.3/1M

Input price

$0.7/1Mvs$0.57/1M

Context window

131kvs131k

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct: 1WMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711: 1W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsinsufficient data

Need SWE-bench on both sides.

High-volume chatNous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Lower output list price ($0.7/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIinsufficient data

Need TTFT on both sides.

Long-document RAGNous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionMoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711

MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	insufficient data	Need SWE-bench on both sides.
High-volume chat	Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct	Lower output list price ($0.7/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	insufficient data	Need TTFT on both sides.
Long-document RAG	Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711	MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?

We do not have preference Elo for both models, so we do not declare an overall winner. Compare the metrics that exist.

Which is better at coding, Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?

SWE-bench is missing for at least one model, so we do not rank coding from a single number.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct output tokens are $0.7/1M versus $2.3/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct or MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711?

We do not have TTFT for both models.

Which has the larger context window?

Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct accepts 131k tokens versus 131k.

Can I self-host either model?

Neither model is marked open-weights here. You are comparing hosted APIs.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Nous: Hermes 3 70B Instruct and MoonshotAI: Kimi K2 0711 Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.