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Nova Micro 1.0: pricing, context and benchmarks
Nova Micro 1.0 is Amazon's model released on December 5, 2024. It costs $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens, with a 128K-token context window. No independent score has been published for it so far.
What you need to know about Nova Micro 1.0
Amazon, based in United States, put Nova Micro 1.0 online on December 5, 2024. It accepts text as input and produces text. Its context window reaches 128,000 tokens, larger than 19 % of the models in the registry, and it can write up to 5,120 tokens in one go.
Released more than 1 year ago, it belongs to a generation most vendors have since superseded.
Nova Micro 1.0 pricing
On OpenRouter, Nova Micro 1.0 costs $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens. Counting three tokens read for every token written, its average price is $0.061 per million, more expensive than 4 % of paid models (12.5 times cheaper than the median of $0.76).
A concrete example: a task that sends 2,000 tokens (about 1,500 words) and receives a 500-token answer costs $0.0001. At 1,000 tasks a day, budget $4 a month. The price calculator redoes this with your own volumes.
Performance and benchmarks
Epoch AI does not yet publish a capabilities index for Nova Micro 1.0. We therefore show no made-up performance rating: only price, context and features count towards its score.
Features, privacy and local use
- It supports tool calling, so it can drive an AI agent, call APIs or MCP servers.
- Its knowledge stops at October 2024.
Its weights are not published: it can only be used through the Amazon API or a broker such as OpenRouter, which means sending your data off your machines.
Other Amazon models
| Model | Released | Avg. price | ECI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova 2 Lite | Dec 2, 2025 | $0.85 | — |
| Nova Premier 1.0 | Oct 31, 2025 | $5 | — |
| Nova Lite 1.0 | Dec 5, 2024 | $0.11 | — |
| Nova Pro 1.0 | Dec 5, 2024 | $1.4 | — |
Verdict
Computed score: 62/100, from public data (performance, price, context, features).
Strengths
- Low price: cheaper than 96 % of paid models.
Limitations
- No independent score published: performance cannot be verified.
- Older generation, often replaced by a newer model from the same vendor.
- Text only: reads neither images nor files.
Avoid if…
- your data must not leave your servers.
Alternatives
- Schematron V2 Turbo$0.06
- Command R7B (12-2024)$0.07
- Granite 4.0 Micro$0.04
- Schematron V2 Small$0.1
- Gemma 3 12B$0.08
- Llama 3.2 1B Instruct$0.07
Comparisons and tools
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Nova Micro 1.0 cost?
$0.04 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens on OpenRouter (checked October 25, 2026). A task with 2,000 tokens read and 500 written costs $0.0001.
How big is Nova Micro 1.0's context window?
128,000 tokens, roughly 96,000 words, with a maximum of 5,120 output tokens.
Can Nova Micro 1.0 run locally?
No, Amazon does not publish its weights: it is API-only.
Is Nova Micro 1.0 suitable for an AI agent?
Technically yes: it supports tool calling. Then check its cost for your volume.
What are the alternatives to Nova Micro 1.0?
The closest models on price and performance are Schematron V2 Turbo, Command R7B (12-2024), and Granite 4.0 Micro.
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