Claude 3 Sonnet vs Nova Pro Comparison

Comparing Claude 3 Sonnet and Nova Pro across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nova Pro is better at 7 benchmarks (ARC-C, DROP, GPQA, GSM8k, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU).

Nova Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Nova Pro costs less

For input processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 3.8x more expensive than Nova Pro ($0.80/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 4.7x more expensive than Nova Pro ($3.20/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3 Sonnet is more expensive than Nova Pro.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Claude 3 Sonnet

Input tokens$3.00

Output tokens$15.00

Best providerAnthropic

Nova Pro

Input tokens$0.80

Output tokens$3.20

Best providerAWS Bedrock

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Nova Pro accepts 300,000 input tokens compared to Claude 3 Sonnet's 200,000 tokens. Nova Pro can generate longer responses up to 300,000 tokens, while Claude 3 Sonnet is limited to 200,000 tokens.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Input200,000 tokens

Output200,000 tokens

Nova Pro

Input300,000 tokens

Output300,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3 Sonnet and Nova Pro support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Nova Pro

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Nova Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Sonnet was released on 2024-02-29, while Nova Pro was released on 2024-11-20.

Nova Pro is 9 months newer than Claude 3 Sonnet.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Feb 29, 2024

2.0 years ago

Nova Pro

Nov 20, 2024

1.3 years ago

8mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

Claude 3 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Nova Pro is available from Bedrock. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.