Nova Pro vs Nova Premier
Amazon vs Amazon · Prices checked November 11, 2026
There is a 3.6× price gap here. Nova Pro blends to $1.52 per million tokens; Nova Premier to $5.50. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.1120 on Nova Pro against $0.3750 on Nova Premier.
Pricing and capacity
RatesUSD per million tokens. Prices checked November 11, 2026.
| Metric | Nova Pro | Nova Premier | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.8000 | $2.50 | 3.1× |
| Output / 1M tokens | $3.20 | $12.50 | 3.9× |
| Blended · 70/30calculated | $1.52 | $5.50 | 3.6× |
| Blended · 50/50calculated | $2.00 | $7.50 | 3.8× |
| Blended · 80/20calculated | $1.28 | $4.50 | 3.5× |
| Blended · 20/80calculated | $2.72 | $10.50 | 3.9× |
| Job cost · 100K + 10Kcalculated | $0.1120 | $0.3750 | 3.3× |
| Job cost · 1M + 100Kcalculated | $1.12 | $3.75 | 3.3× |
| Context window | 300,000 | 300,000 | level |
Input and output rates are as published by each provider. Blended and job-cost rows are calculated comparison metrics, not published prices — how they are derived.
Capability favours Nova Premier, ahead on 4 of 5 suites they both publish. The widest gap is on GPQA Diamond, where Nova Premier leads by 13 points. Neither has a context advantage; both cap at 300,000 tokens.
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Nova Pro | Nova Premier | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 86% | 88% | Nova Premier |
| GPQA Diamond | 47% | 60% | Nova Premier |
| MATH | 76% | 84% | Nova Premier |
| HumanEval | 89% | 92% | Nova Premier |
| LMArena Elo | 1290 Elo | 1280 Elo | Nova Pro |
Only suites both models report are listed, so a missing score is never shown as a loss. Figures are provider-published or from public leaderboards and are not independently re-run.
What each model is for
Nova Pro
Amazon · Frontier
AWS-native multimodal model. Strong video understanding and tight Bedrock integration.
- Video understanding
- 300K context
- Tight AWS integration
- Cheap multimodal
Nova Premier
Amazon · Top-tier
AWS's frontier-tier Nova. Premier multimodal model targeting complex agentic workloads inside Bedrock.
- Frontier-tier Nova
- Strong reasoning + vision
- Tight Bedrock + IAM integration
- Long context
Frequently asked questions
Which is cheaper, Nova Pro or Nova Premier?
There is a 3.6× price gap here. Nova Pro blends to $1.52 per million tokens; Nova Premier to $5.50. A single 100K-input, 10K-output job costs $0.1120 on Nova Pro against $0.3750 on Nova Premier. Blended cost weights input at 70% and output at 30%; price your own token split for an exact answer, since the cheaper model on a blended basis is not always cheaper for your workload.
Which performs better, Nova Pro or Nova Premier?
Capability favours Nova Premier, ahead on 4 of 5 suites they both publish. The widest gap is on GPQA Diamond, where Nova Premier leads by 13 points. These are the figures each provider or public leaderboard publishes, not results we re-run, and a benchmark average can hide the specific behaviour your workload depends on.
Which has the larger context window, Nova Pro or Nova Premier?
Neither has a context advantage; both cap at 300,000 tokens. The context window caps everything in a single request: prompt, retrieved documents, conversation history and the model’s own output all share it.
Can I compare Nova Pro and Nova Premier on my own numbers?
Yes. Open both in the side-by-side comparison tool to see every field at once, or use the token calculator to price your actual prompt and monthly request volume against each model. Both are free and need no sign-up.
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Prices and scores are recomputed on every deploy from the catalogue. Prices checked November 11, 2026.