GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal vs Hermes 4 405B

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

Z.ai (Zhipu)

$0.37 / $1.25

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Hermes 4 405B

Nous Research

$1.00 / $3.00

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Compare different models

Verdict: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal is 2.5× cheaper than Hermes 4 405B on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal has the larger context window (1M vs 131K).

	GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal	Hermes 4 405B
Input price / 1M	$0.37	$1.00
Output price / 1M	$1.25	$3.00
Blended price (3:1)	$0.59	$1.50
Cached input / 1M	$0.075	$0.20
Context window	1M	131K
Max output	131K	118K
Intelligence index	—	—
Coding index	—	—
Providers	1	—
Best provider uptime (30m)	100.0%	—
Vision input	Yes	No
Reasoning	Yes	Yes
Tool calling	Yes	No
Released	2026-11-02	2025-08-26
Retirement	—	—

Cost calculator

Input tokens / requestOutput tokens / requestRequests / day

FAQ

Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal or Hermes 4 405B?

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal is 2.5× cheaper than Hermes 4 405B on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal vs Hermes 4 405B: which has a bigger context window?

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal: 1,048,576 tokens. Hermes 4 405B: 131,072 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal ≈ $1,365, Hermes 4 405B ≈ $3,500.

More comparisons