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Hermes 4 405B vs Openai Gpt 4 1

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

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Model

Hermes 4 405B

Context window

131K

131,072 tokens · ~98K words

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Openai

Model

Openai Gpt 4 1

Image inputTool calling

Context window

300K

300,000 tokens · ~225K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Hermes 4 405B131K
Openai Gpt 4 1300K

Openai Gpt 4 1 has about 2.3× the context window of the other in this pair.

Openai Gpt 4 1 has 128% more context capacity (300K vs 131K tokens).

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Openai Gpt 4 1. Its 300K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 131K).

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecHermes 4 405BOpenai Gpt 4 1
Context window131,072 tokens (131K)300,000 tokens (300K)
Max output tokensN/A16,384 tokens (16K)
Speed tierDeepBalanced
VisionNoYes
Function callingNoYes
Extended thinkingYesNo
Prompt cachingNoYes
Batch APINoNo
Release dateAug 2025N/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderHermes 4 405B inHermes 4 405B outOpenai Gpt 4 1 inOpenai Gpt 4 1 out
Snowflake$2.00/M$8.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Openai Gpt 4 1 has a larger context window: 300K tokens vs 131K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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