Aya Expanse 32B vs Hermes 3 70B Instruct vs Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)
Too close to call on our weighted score (Hermes 3 70B Instruct 32, Aya Expanse 32B 32, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) 27). The right pick depends on what you value most.
CohereAya Expanse 32B
32/100- ECI—
- Price$0.50 / $1.50
- Context128K
Nous ResearchHermes 3 70B Instruct
32/100- ECI—
- Price$0.70 / $0.70
- Context131K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)
27/100- ECI—
- Price$0.50 / $1.40
- Context8K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Hermes 3 70B Instruct 32/100, Aya Expanse 32B 32/100, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) 27/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Hermes 3 70B Instruct on price and Hermes 3 70B Instruct for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceHermes 3 70B InstructHermes 3 70B Instruct $0.70 · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) $0.725 · Aya Expanse 32B $0.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextHermes 3 70B InstructHermes 3 70B Instruct 131,072 · Aya Expanse 32B 128,000 · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) 8,192 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsAya Expanse 32B: Text · Hermes 3 70B Instruct: Text · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese): Text
- Self-hostingAya Expanse 32B and Hermes 3 70B InstructPublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
| Measure | Weight | Aya Expanse 32B | Hermes 3 70B Instruct | Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 53 | 55 | 54 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Context window | 20% | 24 | 25 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 32/100 | 32/100 | 27/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Aya Expanse 32BCohere | Hermes 3 70B InstructNous Research | Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)Alibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.50 (best) | $0.70 | $0.50 (best) |
| Output | $1.50 | $0.70 (best) | $1.40 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.75 | $0.70 (best) | $0.725 |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Cohere API | Median of 5 providers | Official Alibaba API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens |
| Max output | 4,000 tokens | 16,384 tokens (best) | 512 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | No | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | No | No | No |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenCC-BY-NC-4.0 | Open | Proprietary |
| API model ID | c4ai-aya-expanse-32b | — | qwen-plus-character-ja |
| API providers | 2 | 5 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Oct 24, 2024 | Aug 18, 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Dec 31, 2023 | Apr 2024 |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Aya Expanse 32B$8.00
- Hermes 3 70B Instruct$8.40
- Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)$7.80
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Aya Expanse 32B, Hermes 3 70B Instruct or Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Hermes 3 70B Instruct 32/100, Aya Expanse 32B 32/100, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) 27/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Hermes 3 70B Instruct on price and Hermes 3 70B Instruct for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Aya Expanse 32B, Hermes 3 70B Instruct or Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)?
Hermes 3 70B Instruct is cheaper at $0.70 input / $0.70 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) costs $0.50 input / $1.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price); Aya Expanse 32B costs $0.50 input / $1.50 output per million tokens (official Cohere API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.70 per million tokens for Hermes 3 70B Instruct versus $0.725 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (1× as much) and $0.75 for Aya Expanse 32B (1.1× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Aya Expanse 32B has not been scored yet, Hermes 3 70B Instruct has not been scored yet and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Aya Expanse 32B, Hermes 3 70B Instruct and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Aya Expanse 32B, Hermes 3 70B Instruct and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Hermes 3 70B Instruct has the largest context window at 131,072 tokens, against 128,000 for Aya Expanse 32B and 8,192 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese). Maximum output per response: Aya Expanse 32B up to 4,000, Hermes 3 70B Instruct up to 16,384, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) up to 512 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Aya Expanse 32B accepts text; Hermes 3 70B Instruct accepts text; Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
Aya Expanse 32B and Hermes 3 70B Instruct publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) and can be self-hosted; Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Aya Expanse 32B is the newest, released Oct 24, 2024. Hermes 3 70B Instruct came out Aug 18, 2024; Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) came out Jan 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Hermes 3 70B Instruct Dec 31, 2023, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) Apr 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
