Hermes Agent vs OpenHands

Side-by-side default footprint for the latest captured versions of both agents: request tokens, tool definitions, bundled skills, and sub-agent declarations.

Tokenizer

Benchmark data last updated July 7, 2026 UTC

Token footprint summary

1.03× spread

Hermes Agent loads 544 more default tokens than OpenHands.

Default tokens

Anthropic claude-opus-4-8 · latest request

Hermes Agent
19,347
OpenHands
18,803
+5441.03×

Tools

Hermes Agent
27
OpenHands
7
+203.86×

Skills

Hermes Agent
0
OpenHands
49
-49

Sub-agents

Hermes Agent
0
OpenHands
3
-3

Comparisons use each agent's latest captured hibench run. See methodology for capture details.