AmazonReleased on Nov 20, 2024

Nova Micro: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

Nova Micro is a language model from Amazon, released in November 2024.

A text-only model that delivers lowest-latency responses at very low cost while maintaining strong performance on core language tasks. Optimized for speed and efficiency while preserving high accuracy on key benchmarks.

Input
Text
Output
Text

Nova Micro benchmarks

Rankings

Quality Tracker

Nova Micro Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

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Nova Micro pricing

Providers

Nova Micro starts at $0.0300 per million input tokens and $0.140 per million output tokens via Bedrock.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MWorkload 1M + 100KContext in / outTTFT p50 / p95 sOutput avg / p5 c/sSuccess 7dModalities in / out
Bedrock logoBedrock
$0.0300$0.140$0.0440128.0K/128.0K
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Workload cost uses 1M input tokens plus 100K output tokens at published list prices without assuming a cache hit. Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests. Success is calculated from completed versus failed requests over the trailing seven days.

Nova Micro context window

Input and output token limits for Nova Micro, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
128Ktokens
128Ktokens
192 pages of text
128K
8K128K1M

Nova Micro API

Available from the model provider

Nova Micro has an official provider API. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

Nova Micro latency

Nova Micro time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Nova Micro examples

Recent arena outputs from Nova Micro, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

Nova Micro license

Nova Micro is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms.

License
Proprietary
Hosted access

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

Nova Micro resources

Official sources for Nova Micro: api documentation, paper or system card, source repository.

Nova Micro vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to Nova Micro are Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, Llama 3.2 90B Instruct, Gemini 1.5 Flash. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like Nova Micro

Models ranked just above and below Nova Micro by LLM Stats score.

 

Llama 3.1 70B Instruct

Score pending
 

Llama 3.2 90B Instruct

Score pending
 

Gemini 1.5 Flash

Score pending
 

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Score pending
 

Ministral 3 (8B Base 2512)

Score pending
 

GPT-4o mini

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about Nova Micro.

When was Nova Micro released?

Nova Micro was released on November 20, 2024 by Amazon. This is the official Nova Micro release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does Nova Micro cost?

Nova Micro pricing starts at $0.03 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens via Bedrock, the lowest price among tracked providers.

Is Nova Micro available via API?

Yes, Nova Micro is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

Who created Nova Micro?

Nova Micro was created by Amazon.

What is the license for Nova Micro?

Nova Micro is released under the Proprietary license.

What is Nova Micro latency?

Nova Micro p95 time to first token is 0.50 seconds via Bedrock over the trailing 7 days. Lower time to first token means the model begins responding sooner for chat, agents and API workloads.

Where can I use Nova Micro?

Nova Micro is available through 1 provider including Bedrock.

Where is the Nova Micro paper or technical report?

Nova Micro has a paper or technical report available at https://www.amazon.science/publications/the-amazon-nova-family-of-models-technical-report-and-model-card. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare Nova Micro against?

Common Nova Micro comparisons include Nova Micro vs Llama 3.1 70B Instruct, Nova Micro vs Llama 3.2 90B Instruct, Nova Micro vs Gemini 1.5 Flash. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.