Nova Premier 1.0 vs Perceptron Mk1 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.
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| Spec | Nova Premier 1.0 | Perceptron Mk1 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | Amazon | Perceptron | – |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
| Context window | 1M tokens | 33K tokens | AMNova Premier 1.0 |
| Input price | $2.5/M | $0.15/M | PEPerceptron Mk1 |
| Output price | $12.5/M | $1.5/M | PEPerceptron Mk1 |
| Vision / multimodal | Yes | Yes | = Tie |
| Tool / function calling | Yes | No | AMNova Premier 1.0 |
| Self-hostable | No (API only) | No (API only) | – |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary | – |
Perceptron Mk1 is ~8.3× cheaper than Nova Premier 1.0 on output tokens ($1.5 vs $12.5 per M tokens).
| Capability | Nova Premier 1.0 | Perceptron Mk1 |
|---|---|---|
| Open weights (downloadable) | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-hostable | ✗ | ✗ |
| Runs fully offline | ✗ | ✗ |
| Vision / multimodal | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tool / function calling | ✓ | ✗ |
| 1M+ context window | ✓ | ✗ |
| Criterion | Nova Premier 1.0 | Perceptron Mk1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost-efficiency | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Context window | 5.0 | 2.5 |
| Openness | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Self-hosting | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Multimodality | 5.0 | 3.5 |
Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.
Amazon Nova Premier is the most capable of Amazon’s multimodal models for complex reasoning tasks and for use as the best teacher for distilling custom models.
Perceptron Mk1 (Mark One) is Perceptron's highest-quality vision-language model for video and embodied reasoning.** It accepts image and video inputs paired with natural language queries, and produces detailed visual understanding...
Perceptron Mk1 is cheaper on output ($1.5/M vs $12.5/M).
Nova Premier 1.0 offers the larger context window (1M tokens).
Choose Perceptron Mk1 for the lower output price ($1.5/M vs $12.5/M). Choose Nova Premier 1.0 if you need the larger 1M context window.
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