Using Nous Hermes Llama 2 7B on Together AI

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Together AI exposes Nous Hermes Llama 2 7B through model ID nous-hermes-llama2-7b. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Together AI and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Together AI SDK or REST API to call nous-hermes-llama2-7b — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.20/1M input, $0.20/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

Install
pip install together
API key
TOGETHER_API_KEY
Model ID
nous-hermes-llama2-7b

Together uses "organization/model-name" format, e.g. "meta-llama/Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct" or "Qwen/QwQ-32B". See the Together model catalog for the exact ID.

from together import Together

client = Together()  # reads TOGETHER_API_KEY from env
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="nous-hermes-llama2-7b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on Together AI

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.20
Output tokens$0.20

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About Nous Hermes Llama 2 7B

The Nous Hermes Llama 2 7B is a state-of-the-art large language model built on the efficient Llama 2 transformer architecture. Fine-tuned on over 300,000 instructions, it exhibits several impressive features, such as generating long, detailed responses with a low hallucination rate. Notably, it lacks OpenAI's censorship, enabling more open discussions. The model excels in knowledge retention and task completion through extensive training on synthetic GPT-4 outputs and supports prompts in the versatile Alpaca format. Its benchmark performance varies across tasks like GPT4All and BigBench, and quantized versions are available, providing flexible deployment across various platforms.

Model Specs

Released2023-12-15
Parameters7B
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2022-09

Provider

Together AI

San Francisco, California, United States