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Hermes 3 (8B)

Nous Research flagship with function calling. Versatile and well-tuned. 340K downloads.

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Parameters
8B
Minimum RAM
8 GB
Model size
4.7 GB
Quantization
Q4_K_M

Can Hermes 3 (8B) run locally?

Hermes 3 (8B) is best suited for entry-level laptops and desktops. LocalClaw recommends Q4_K_M as the default quantization, with at least 8 GB RAM.

Search term for LM Studio or compatible runtimes: hermes-3-llama-3.1-8b

Hugging Face repository: NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF

chatstandardgeneral

Strengths

  • Nous Research flagship with function calling. Versatile and well-tuned. 340K downloads.

Limitations

  • Performance depends heavily on quantization, RAM bandwidth and runtime support.

Best use cases

  • chat
  • standard
  • general

Benchmarks

Speed: 8/10

Quality: 7/10

Coding: 7/10

Reasoning: 7/10

Technical details

Developer: hermes

License: See model repository

Context window: Unknown tokens

Architecture: See model card

Released: 2024-08