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Verdict · measured basis
Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Hermes 4 70B at $0.0001 — ▼ 1.0x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.00 a month.
On output token price alone Hermes 4 70B looks 1.1x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct and Hermes 4 70B Figure Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct Hermes 4 70B Input $/Mtok $0.117 $0.13 Output $/Mtok $0.455 $0.4 Cached input $/Mtok $0.117 $0.13 Pass rate 61% 58% Cost per solved task $0.0001 measured $0.0001 measured Cost per month $0.02 $0.03
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Hermes 4 70B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct MEASURED Hermes 4 70B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.03 Hermes 4 70B MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Hermes 4 70B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Hermes 4 70B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.03 — Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct · MEASURED — Hermes 4 70B · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings