SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 vs Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) vs Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B
Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B comes out ahead, 15 to 0 and 0 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
UpstageSOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0
0/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context4K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)
0/100- ECI—
- Price$0.50 / $1.40
- Context8K
- Our pick
Nous ResearchHermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B
15/100- ECI—
- Price$0.14 / $0.14
- Context8K
Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B is our pick
Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B is the better all-round choice, scoring 15/100 against SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 (0) and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (0). It leads on inputs & features. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. 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 2 Pro Llama 3 8BHermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B $0.14 · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) $0.725 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 unpriced
- Longest contextQwen Plus Character (Japanese) and Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8BQwen Plus Character (Japanese) 8,192 · Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B 8,192 · SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 4,096 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsSOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0: Text · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese): Text · Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B: Text
- Self-hostingSOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 and Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8BPublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0 and Llama 3 Community License)
| Measure | Weight | SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 | Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) | Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Context window | 40% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 0/100 | 0/100 | 15/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0Upstage | Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)Alibaba (Qwen) | Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8BNous Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | — | $0.50 | $0.14 (best) |
| Output | — | $1.40 | $0.14 (best) |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | — | $0.725 | $0.14 (best) |
| Long-context rate | — | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | — | Official Alibaba API | Median of 2 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 4,096 tokens | 8,192 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 4,096 tokens | 512 tokens | 8,192 tokens (best) |
| 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 | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenCC-BY-NC-4.0 | Proprietary | OpenLlama 3 Community License |
| API model ID | — | qwen-plus-character-ja | — |
| API providers | — | 1 | 2 (best) |
| Released | Dec 12, 2023 | Jan 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | 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.
- SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0—
- Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)$7.80
- Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B$1.68
Which should you choose?
Which is better: SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B?
Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B is the better all-round choice, scoring 15/100 against SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 (0) and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (0). It leads on inputs & features. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B?
Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B is cheaper at $0.14 input / $0.14 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) costs $0.50 input / $1.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.14 per million tokens for Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B versus $0.725 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (5.2× as much). SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 has not been scored yet, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) has not been scored yet and Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) and Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 and Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) and Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B have the largest context windows (8,192 and 8,192 tokens), against 4,096 for SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0. Maximum output per response: SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 up to 4,096, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) up to 512, Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B up to 8,192 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 accepts text; Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) accepts text; Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 and Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0 and Llama 3 Community License) and can be self-hosted; Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Hermes 2 Pro Llama 3 8B is the newest, released Apr 30, 2024. Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) came out Jan 2024; SOLAR 10.7B Instruct v1.0 came out Dec 12, 2023. Knowledge cutoff: 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.
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