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Hermes-3-Llama-3.2

LLMs NousResearch Text gen 1 build Open, with conditions 5k dl/mo

Hermes-3-Llama-3.2 is an open-weight language model from NousResearch. Hermes-3-Llama-3.2-3B (BF16) weighs 6.4 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 3060 12 GB.

  • Hermes-3-Llama-3.2 is a 3.2B parameter text-generation model developed by NousResearch as a full parameter fine-tune of the Llama-3.2 3B foundation model.
  • It supports a context length of 131,072 tokens and operates in English under the llama3 licence.
  • The model is designed for generalist assistant tasks, including function calling, structured output generation, and multi-turn conversation using the ChatML prompt format.

Summary of the NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.2-3B model card, 2026-10-01

What it is

Released byNousResearch
Released2024-12-03
Parameters3.2B
VRAM6.4 GB for the weights

What it runs on

Memory and cards for Hermes-3-Llama-3.2-3B (BF16)

6.4 GBweights, file size
115 MBcache per 1K tokens
678 MBruntime overhead, at least
131,072 tokenscontext max
CardRequests at onceContext maxMemory
8K each32K each
RTX 3060 12 GB4138K11.6 GB
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB8270K15.4 GB
RTX 3090 24 GB174all 128K23.4 GB
RTX 4090 24 GB174all 128K23.4 GB
RTX 5090 32 GB256all 128K31.0 GB
L40S 48 GB399all 128K44.0 GB
A100 80 GB7518all 128K78.2 GB
H100 80 GB7117all 128K78.1 GB
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB8822all 128K93.8 GB
DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unified10225all 128K107 GB
H200 141 GB13533all 128K138 GB
B200 180 GB17543all 128K176 GB
2× RTX 3060 12 GB
tensor parallel
164all 128K11.6 GB a card
Memory needed at each load
Requests at once8K tokens each32K tokens each
18.0 GB10.9 GB
511.8 GB25.9 GB
814.6 GB37.2 GB
1622.1 GB67.2 GB
3237.2 GB127 GB
6467.2 GB248 GB

One card, with vLLM's small-card settings.

From the model card

What NousResearch says about Hermes-3-Llama-3.2

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Model Description

Hermes 3 3B is a small but mighty new addition to the Hermes series of LLMs by Nous Research, and is Nous's first fine-tune in this parameter class.

For details on Hermes 3, please see the Hermes 3 Technical Report.

Hermes 3 is a generalist language model with many improvements over Hermes 2, including advanced agentic capabilities, much better roleplaying, reasoning, multi-turn conversation, long context coherence, and improvements across the board.

Hermes 3 3B is a full parameter fine-tune of the Llama-3.2 3B foundation model, focused on aligning LLMs to the user, with powerful steering capabilities and control given to the end user.

The Hermes 3 series builds and expands on the Hermes 2 set of capabilities, including more powerful and reliable function calling and structured output capabilities, generalist assistant capabilities, and improved code generation skills.

Hermes 3 3B was trained on H100s on LambdaLabs GPU Cloud. Check out LambdaLabs' cloud offerings here.

Benchmarks

Hermes 3 is competitive, if not superior, to Llama-3.1 Instruct models at general capabilities, with varying strengths and weaknesses attributable between the two.

GPT4All:

|    Tasks    |Version|Filter|n-shot| Metric |   |Value |   |Stderr|
|-------------|------:|------|-----:|--------|---|-----:|---|-----:|
|arc_challenge|      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.4411|±  |0.0145|
|             |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.4377|±  |0.0145|
|arc_easy     |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.7399|±  |0.0090|
|             |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.6566|±  |0.0097|
|boolq        |      2|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.8327|±  |0.0065|
|hellaswag    |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.5453|±  |0.0050|
|             |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.7047|±  |0.0046|
|openbookqa   |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.3480|±  |0.0213|
|             |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.4280|±  |0.0221|
|piqa         |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.7639|±  |0.0099|
|             |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.7584|±  |0.0100|
|winogrande   |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.6590|±  |0.0133|

Average: 64.00

AGIEval:

|            Tasks             |Version|Filter|n-shot| Metric |   |Value |   |Stderr|
|------------------------------|------:|------|-----:|--------|---|-----:|---|-----:|
|agieval_aqua_rat              |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.2283|±  |0.0264|
|                              |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.2441|±  |0.0270|
|agieval_logiqa_en             |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.3057|±  |0.0181|
|                              |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.3272|±  |0.0184|
|agieval_lsat_ar               |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.2304|±  |0.0278|
|                              |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.1957|±  |0.0262|
|agieval_lsat_lr               |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.3784|±  |0.0215|
|                              |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.3588|±  |0.0213|
|agieval_lsat_rc               |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.4610|±  |0.0304|
|                              |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.4275|±  |0.0302|
|agieval_sat_en                |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.6019|±  |0.0342|
|                              |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.5340|±  |0.0348|
|agieval_sat_en_without_passage|      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.3981|±  |0.0342|
|                              |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.3981|±  |0.0342|
|agieval_sat_math              |      1|none  |     0|acc     |↑  |0.2500|±  |0.0293|
|                              |       |none  |     0|acc_norm|↑  |0.2636|±  |0.0298|

Average: 34.36

BigBench:

|                         Tasks                         |Version|Filter|n-shot| Metric |   |Value |   |Stderr|
|-------------------------------------------------------|------:|------|-----:|--------|---|-----:|---|-----:|
|leaderboard_bbh_boolean_expressions                    |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.7560|±  |0.0272|
|leaderboard_bbh_causal_judgement                       |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.6043|±  |0.0359|
|leaderboard_bbh_date_understanding                     |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.3280|±  |0.0298|
|leaderboard_bbh_disambiguation_qa                      |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.5880|±  |0.0312|
|leaderboard_bbh_formal_fallacies                       |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.5280|±  |0.0316|
|leaderboard_bbh_geometric_shapes                       |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.3560|±  |0.0303|
|leaderboard_bbh_hyperbaton                             |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.6280|±  |0.0306|
|leaderboard_bbh_logical_deduction_five_objects         |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.3400|±  |0.0300|
|leaderboard_bbh_logical_deduction_seven_objects        |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.2880|±  |0.0287|
|leaderboard_bbh_logical_deduction_three_objects        |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.4160|±  |0.0312|
|leaderboard_bbh_movie_recommendation                   |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.6760|±  |0.0297|
|leaderboard_bbh_navigate                               |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.5800|±  |0.0313|
|leaderboard_bbh_object_counting                        |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.3640|±  |0.0305|
|leaderboard_bbh_penguins_in_a_table                    |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.3836|±  |0.0404|
|leaderboard_bbh_reasoning_about_colored_objects        |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.3560|±  |0.0303|
|leaderboard_bbh_ruin_names                             |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.4160|±  |0.0312|
|leaderboard_bbh_salient_translation_error_detection    |      1|none  |     3|acc_norm|↑  |0.3080|±  |0.0293|
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