Hermes 3 405B TPS calculator
Each card below is assessed against this model at the context length and minimum quality you choose. Speed is an estimate for a single request, calculated from the card's memory bandwidth and the size of the model once compressed.
Calculated for this model
818 cards we hold specifications for
Smallest card that fits
Radeon Instinct MI325X
256 GB · IQ4_XS · 12.0 tok/s
Fastest card
B300
19.3 tok/s · 288 GB
Which GPUs can run Hermes 3 405B?
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A longer conversation needs more memory, which can push this model off smaller cards.
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4 cards match
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19.3
tok/s
12–31 · low confidence |
B300 NVIDIA | 288 GB | 8,000 GB/s | Sep 2025 | 245.7 GB | Q4_K_M | Tight |
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15.4
tok/s
9–25 · low confidence |
Radeon Instinct MI350X AMD | 288 GB | 8,190 GB/s | Jan 2025 | 245.7 GB | Q4_K_M | Tight |
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15.4
tok/s
9–25 · low confidence |
Radeon Instinct MI355X AMD | 288 GB | 8,190 GB/s | Jan 2025 | 245.7 GB | Q4_K_M | Tight |
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12.0
tok/s
7–19 · low confidence |
Radeon Instinct MI325X AMD | 256 GB | 6,000 GB/s | Oct 2024 | 222.1 GB | IQ4_XS | Tight |
Speeds are estimates for a single request — one conversation at a time — calculated from memory bandwidth, model size and quantisation. Real throughput varies with the inference runtime and its version. Figures published by hardware vendors measure many simultaneous requests and are much higher.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- Nous Research
- Organisation type
- Industry
- Country
- United States of America
- Published
- 14 August 2024
- Authors
- teknium, Jeffrey Quesnelle, Chen Guang
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Language
- Task
- Language modeling/generation, Chat, Question answering
- Base model
- Llama 3.1-405B
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Parameters
- 405B
- Training data
- 270,000,000 tokens
- Epochs
- 4
405B
390M tokens (Table 1)
Training compute
The arithmetic performed to train the model, measured in floating-point operations. It is a measure of what the training run cost, not of how fast the finished model answers you.
- How it was established
- Hardware,Operation counting
- Fine-tuning compute
- 2.9 × 10²¹ FLOP
6 FLOP / parameter / token * 405*10^9 parameters * 390*10^6 tokens * 4 epochs = 3.7908e+21 FLOP 989500000000000 FLOP / GPU / sec * 2086 GPU-hours * 3600 sec / hour * 0.3 [assumed utilization] = 2.2292248e+21 FLOP sqrt(2.2292248e+21*3.7908e+21) = 2.9069822e+21
The training run
What it physically took to train: which chips, how many, for how long, and what that drew from the wall.
- Training hardware
- NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB
- Chips used
- 128
- Chip-hours
- 2,086
- Power draw
- 176.7 kW
Availability
Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.
- Weights
- Open — downloadable
- Model access
- Open weights (restricted use)
- Training code
- Unreleased
- Hugging Face
- NousResearch
Llama license https://huggingface.co/NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-405B
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Record confidence
- Confident
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Hermes 3 Technical Report
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
The extremes
The ten fastest GPUs that run Hermes 3 405B
Ranked by estimated tokens per second, newest card first where speeds tie. Because generation is bound by memory bandwidth, this ordering follows bandwidth rather than any gaming benchmark.
The smallest GPUs that still run Hermes 3 405B
The cheapest route in, by memory capacity. A tight fit runs the model but leaves nothing spare for a longer conversation.
What the numbers mean
Hardware requirements in practice
Minimum card
Radeon Instinct MI325X
Memory needed
222.1 GB
Fastest
19.3 tok/s
Hermes 3 405B reaches a parameter count of 405B. That is beyond what any single graphics card holds. Running it means either splitting it across several cards or renting hardware built for the job, and every card able to hold it alone is a datacentre part. The number that can: 4.
The entry point is Radeon Instinct MI325X, with a memory capacity of 256 GB, running it at a compression of IQ4_XS and producing around 12.0 tokens per second.
The quickest result comes from B300, generating roughly 19.3 tokens per second on the strength of a memory bandwidth of 8,000 GB/s.
Background
Hermes 3 405B was published by Nous Research, in the country recorded as United States of America, during August 2024. It comes out of an organisation categorised as industry.
It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of language modeling/generation, Chat, Question answering.
Its starting point was an existing base model, Llama 3.1-405B. That is why it shares the base model's general shape and size.
The weights are published, so it can be downloaded and run on your own hardware indefinitely, offline, with no account attached. On Hugging Face it is published under the organisation NousResearch.
Reading the throughput figures
Across every card that can run it, the middle of the range sits at 15.4 tokens per second. Exceeding reading speed outright: 4 of them.
Being dense, it reads all of itself per token, which is why the ordering by speed below follows the ordering by memory bandwidth so closely.
Its internal architecture is not on file, so memory is approximated from the parameter count and marked accordingly. Expect the real figure to differ, more so at long context.
How it was trained
The training set ran to roughly 270,000,000 tokens of text.
Step by step
How to choose a GPU for Hermes 3 405B
The table above has already assessed every card we hold specifications for against this model. Getting to your answer takes six steps.
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Read the memory figure first
Start from what it actually needs, which is the requirement of Hermes 3 405B, needing around 222.1 GB at a compression of IQ4_XS. Capacity is the gate — a card either holds it or it does not.
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Match the context to your actual use
The conversation occupies memory too, and grows as it goes. Set the slider to the length you expect, because at long context a card that handles short questions easily can be dropped by Hermes 3 405B.
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Choose how far you will compress it
Each card runs the least-compressed copy it can hold, reaching a compression of IQ4_XS on the smallest card that fits. Setting a minimum quality drops the cards that only manage it by squeezing further than you would want, and holds the comparison at one level.
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Compare tokens per second, not specifications
Ranking by tokens per second follows memory bandwidth rather than core counts, for Hermes 3 405B. It will not match a gaming ordering, because generation is bound by memory bandwidth. The card topping the list is B300, at 19.3 tok/s.
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Read the fit column last
The fit column separates cards that just manage it from those with room to spare, in the case of Hermes 3 405B. Comfortable means you can grow the context later. That difference matters more than a few tokens per second, so buy for comfortable if you expect to.
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Check the card from the other side
Following a card through to its own page shows every other model it can hold, which is the question that follows once you have settled on Hermes 3 405B.
Answers
Hermes 3 405B — common questions
Hermes 3 405B— where can I download it?
Its weights are published on Hugging Face, under the organisation NousResearch. We do not host model files — this site calculates what hardware is needed to run them.
Hermes 3 405B— can I run it if it does not fit in my GPU?
It can be split between the card and system memory, but it generates painfully slowly that way. The nearest miss we calculate falls short by 72.9 GB. Every figure here assumes the whole model is resident on the card.
Hermes 3 405B— would two GPUs run it faster?
Capacity adds across cards; throughput does not. The number of cards already holding it on their own: 4. So a second card is rarely the answer here.
Hermes 3 405B— why does the quantisation differ between cards?
A larger card holds a more accurate copy. The number of compression levels used across the cards that run it: 2. Bigger cards get the more accurate version, and the quality floor above pins the comparison to one level.
Hermes 3 405B— how accurate are these speed estimates?
They are calculated from specifications rather than measured, and each carries a range. One example: 12–31 tok/s on B300. The same model and card vary by thirty to fifty per cent depending on the inference software and its version.
Hermes 3 405B— what GPU do I need to run it?
The smallest card in our catalogue that holds it is Radeon Instinct MI325X, with a memory capacity of 256 GB. It runs the model at a compression of IQ4_XS using about 222.1 GB, and produces roughly 12.0 tokens per second. The number of cards able to run it in total: 4.
Hermes 3 405B— how fast is it on a GPU?
It depends on the card. The quickest we calculate is B300, at about 19.3 tokens per second; the slowest that still runs it manages considerably less. Reading speed is around ten tokens per second, and the number of cards clearing that: 4.
Hermes 3 405B— how much VRAM does it need?
It needs about 222.1 GB at a compression of IQ4_XS, which is what the smallest card that runs it uses. Less compression needs more: the figures in the memory column above are recalculated for each card, because each one holds the least-compressed version it can.
Hermes 3 405B— is it open source?
Its weights are published, so it can be downloaded and run on your own hardware. Note that open weights is not the same as open source in the full sense — it says nothing about the training data, the training code, or the commercial terms attached.
Hermes 3 405B— how many parameters does it have?
It has a parameter count of 405B. 405B. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.
Hermes 3 405B— who created it?
It was published by Nous Research, based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as industry.
Hermes 3 405B— when was it released?
It was published in August 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
Hermes 3 405B— what is it used for?
It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of language modeling/generation, Chat, Question answering. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.
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Looking at it from the other side?
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