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Nova Micro 1.0 vs Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

Nova Micro 1.0 at $0.040 in and $0.161 out and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct at $0.031 in and $0.231 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

A

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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M

Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

Meta

0.03¢

for a client proposal

$0.031 in · $0.231 out / 1M

60K context · released September 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.07¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

  • Cheapest input: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct at $0.031 per million tokens.
  • Cheapest output: Nova Micro 1.0 at $0.161 per million tokens.
  • Largest context: Nova Micro 1.0 at 128K tokens — about 180 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¢
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
0.02¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out
Nova Micro 1.0
0.03¢
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
0.03¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out
Nova Micro 1.0
needs 155K ctx
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out
Nova Micro 1.0
0.16¢
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
0.13¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out
Nova Micro 1.0
needs 250K ctx
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
needs 250K ctx

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
free3.6¢$0.070 tokens250k500k750k1000k
Nova Micro 1.0
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

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

Pricing

Nova Micro 1.0
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Input / 1M tokens
$0.040
$0.031
Output / 1M tokens
$0.161
$0.231

Specs

Nova Micro 1.0
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct
Provider
Amazon
Meta
Released
December 2024
September 2024
Context window
128K
60K
Max output
5K
60K
Input
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
Reasoning
Answers directly
Answers directly
Knowledge cutoff
2024-10-31
2023-12-31

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

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Llama 3.2 1B Instruct

Meta

0.02¢

for this task

35% input · 65% output

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All 2, same prompt and context: 0.03¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 14,763 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Nova Micro 1.0 has the largest context window here — 128K tokens.

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

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 Llama 3.2 1B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Nova Micro 1.0 at 0.03¢; Llama 3.2 1B Instruct at 0.03¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Nova Micro 1.0 — 128K tokens, about 180 pages.

Can I run Nova Micro 1.0 and Llama 3.2 1B Instruct 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 0.07¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.07¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.

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