Nova Micro
AI model by Amazon. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.
Benchmarks
Editorial Analysis
Profile. Nova Micro is a budget-tier option from Amazon at $0.14/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on measurable benchmarks — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Latency. On latency, Nova Micro reports 282 tok/s output speed and 870ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is in the normal range — most chat and completion applications will be token-bound, not streaming-bound.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, Nova Micro costs $0.05 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-08-24.
Compare with similar models
| Model | Input | Output | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
Nova MicroCurrent | $0.04 | $0.14 | 282 tok/s |
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| Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning) | $0.03 | $0.15 | 23 tok/s |
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| Solar Mini | $0.15 | $0.15 | — |