Nova Micro 1.0 vs Nova Premier 1.0

Nova Micro 1.0 at $0.040 in and $0.161 out and Nova Premier 1.0 at $2.88 in and $14.38 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Nova Micro 1.0

Amazon

0.03¢

for a client proposal

$0.040 in · $0.161 out / 1M

128K context · released December 2024

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Nova Premier 1.0

Amazon

2.6¢

for a client proposal

$2.88 in · $14.38 out / 1M

1M context · released October 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 2.6¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Nova Micro 1.0 at $0.040 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Nova Micro 1.0 at $0.161 per million tokens.
Largest context: Nova Premier 1.0 at 1M tokens — about 1,400 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Nova Micro 1.0

0.02¢

Nova Premier 1.0

1.3¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Nova Micro 1.0

0.03¢

Nova Premier 1.0

2.6¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Nova Micro 1.0

needs 155K ctx

Nova Premier 1.0

$0.50

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Nova Micro 1.0

0.16¢

Nova Premier 1.0

$0.12

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Nova Micro 1.0

needs 250K ctx

Nova Premier 1.0

$0.76

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Nova Micro 1.0

Nova Premier 1.0

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Nova Micro 1.0

Nova Premier 1.0

Input / 1M tokens

$0.040

$2.88

Output / 1M tokens

$0.161

$14.38

Cached input / 1M

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$0.719

Specs

Nova Micro 1.0

Nova Premier 1.0

Provider

Amazon

Released

December 2024

October 2025

Context window

128K

Max output

32K

Input

Text

Text and Images

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2024-10-31

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Nova Micro 1.0

Amazon

0.02¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

Nova Premier 1.0

Amazon

1.3¢

for this task

44% input · 56% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 1.3¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 381 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Nova Premier 1.0 has the largest context window here — 1M tokens.

On price, Nova Micro 1.0 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.03¢.

For images or files, Nova Premier 1.0 can read them directly; Nova Micro 1.0 is text-only.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Nova Micro 1.0 or Nova Premier 1.0?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Nova Micro 1.0 at 0.03¢; Nova Premier 1.0 at 2.6¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 — 1M tokens, about 1,400 pages.

Can I run Nova Micro 1.0 and Nova Premier 1.0 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 2.6¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 2.6¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.