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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B vs Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
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Winner summary
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B wins on 5/6 benchmarks
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B wins 5 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in general · knowledge · language.
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Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
#176 by perf·no signal
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
#209 by perf·no signal
Best value
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
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no price
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
157.9 pts/$
$0.14/M
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Mixed exposure
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
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Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7BHermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
BBH (HuggingFace)
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B leads by +22.8
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
7.9
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
30.7
GPQA
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B leads by +1.8
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
3.9
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
5.7
IFEval
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B leads by +13.2
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
40.4
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
53.6
MATH Level 5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads by +11.2
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
19.6
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
8.4
MMLU-PRO
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B leads by +8.1
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
14.7
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
22.8
MUSR
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B leads by +7.7
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
3.5
Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B
11.3
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 7.9 | 30.7 |
GPQA | 3.9 | 5.7 |
IFEval | 40.4 | 53.6 |
MATH Level 5 | 19.6 | 8.4 |
MMLU-PRO | 14.7 | 22.8 |
MUSR | 3.5 | 11.3 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | — | — | — | — |
| Hermes 2 Pro - Llama-3 8B | $0.14 | $0.14 | 8K tokens (~4 books) | $1.40 |