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Verdict · measured basis
Hermes 4 70B costs $0.0001 per solved task against
GLM 5.3 Flash at $0.0033 — ▼ 26x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.64 a month.
On output token price alone GLM 5.3 Flash looks 1.6x 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 GLM 5.3 Flash and Hermes 4 70B Figure GLM 5.3 Flash Hermes 4 70B Input $/Mtok $0.075 $0.13 Output $/Mtok $0.25 $0.4 Cached input $/Mtok $0.015 $0.13 Pass rate 50% 58% Cost per solved task $0.0033 measured $0.0001 measured Cost per month $0.67 $0.03
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Hermes 4 70B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), GLM 5.3 Flash (measured, $0.0033 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 $100 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Hermes 4 70B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.03 Hermes 4 70B MEASURED GLM 5.3 Flash · MEASURED · $0.0033 per solved task $0.67 GLM 5.3 Flash MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Hermes 4 70B (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), GLM 5.3 Flash (measured, $0.0033 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 $100 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Hermes 4 70B · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.03 GLM 5.3 Flash · MEASURED · $0.0033 per solved task $0.67 — Hermes 4 70B · MEASURED — GLM 5.3 Flash · 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