AI model comparison

Nova Premier 1.0 vs Nova Pro 1.0

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Amazon Nova Premier is the most capable of Amazon’s multimodal models for complex reasoning tasks and for use as the best teacher for distilling custom models.

Input / 1M
$2.50
Output / 1M
$12.50
Context
1M

Amazon Nova Pro 1.0 is a capable multimodal model from Amazon focused on providing a combination of accuracy, speed, and cost for a wide range of tasks.

Input / 1M
$0.80
Output / 1M
$3.20
Context
300K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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Nova Pro 1.0

3.5x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Nova Premier 1.0

9.2 vs 7 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Nova Premier 1.0

1M vs 300K tokens

Newer release

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Nova Premier 1.0

Released October 31, 2025

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

amazon logoNova Premier 1.09.2
amazon logoNova Pro 1.07

Coding index

amazon logoNova Premier 1.0Not available
amazon logoNova Pro 1.0Not available

Agentic index

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amazon logoNova Pro 1.0Not available

Pricing

Nova Premier 1.0 vs Nova Pro 1.0 API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricamazon logoNova Premier 1.0amazon logoNova Pro 1.0
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$2.50$0.80
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$12.50$3.20
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.63Not available
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

amazon logoNova Premier 1.0$11.25
amazon logoNova Pro 1.0$3.20

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

amazon logoNova Premier 1.0$125$68.75 cached
amazon logoNova Pro 1.0$36.80

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

amazon logoNova Premier 1.0$400$118.75 cached
amazon logoNova Pro 1.0$126.40

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricamazon logoNova Premier 1.0amazon logoNova Pro 1.0
Context window1M tokens300K tokens
Max output32K tokens5K tokens
Input typesImage, TextImage, Text
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableNot available
Default reasoning effortNot availableNot available
Release dateOctober 31, 2025December 5, 2024

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricamazon logoNova Premier 1.0amazon logoNova Pro 1.0
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsNot supportedNot supported
JSON modeNot supportedNot supported
ReasoningNot supportedNot supported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedNot supportedNot supported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Nova Pro 1.0 is 3.5x cheaper for a typical chat. Nova Premier 1.0 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (9.2 vs 7). Nova Premier 1.0 has the larger context window (1M vs 300K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Nova Premier 1.0 or Nova Pro 1.0 cheaper?

Nova Pro 1.0 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Nova Pro 1.0 costs $0.80 per 1M input tokens and $3.20 per 1M output tokens, while Nova Premier 1.0 costs $2.50 per 1M input tokens and $12.50 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Nova Premier 1.0 or Nova Pro 1.0?

Nova Premier 1.0 supports up to 1M tokens of context, compared with 300K for Nova Pro 1.0.

Is Nova Premier 1.0 smarter than Nova Pro 1.0?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Nova Premier 1.0 scores 9.2 and Nova Pro 1.0 scores 7, putting Nova Premier 1.0 ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Nova Premier 1.0 and Nova Pro 1.0 at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Nova Premier 1.0 and Nova Pro 1.0 answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Nova Premier 1.0 and Nova Pro 1.0 at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.