AI Models · Paid vs Paid

o3 Paid vs AMNova Premier 1.0 Paid

o3 vs Nova Premier 1.0 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.

Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai

Open-model prices = cheapest provider via OpenRouter; official maker rates may be higher.

o3PaidOpenAI
$2 /M input
$8 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window200K tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
AMNova Premier 1.0PaidAmazon
$2.5 /M input
$12.5 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window1M tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Choose o3 for the lower output price ($8/M vs $12.5/M). Choose Nova Premier 1.0 if you need the larger 1M context window.

o3 vs Nova Premier 1.0 specs

Speco3Nova Premier 1.0Winner
MakerOpenAIAmazon
TypeProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K tokens1M tokensAMNova Premier 1.0
Input price$2/M$2.5/Mo3
Output price$8/M$12.5/Mo3
Vision / multimodalYesYes= Tie
Tool / function callingYesYes= Tie
Self-hostableNo (API only)No (API only)
LicenseProprietaryProprietary

Price gap & when to choose each

1.6×cheaper per output token

o3 is ~1.6× cheaper than Nova Premier 1.0 on output tokens ($8 vs $12.5 per M tokens).

Choose o3 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You want the lower output price
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure
AMChoose Nova Premier 1.0 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You need the longer 1M context window
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

Capabilityo3Nova Premier 1.0
Open weights (downloadable)
Self-hostable
Runs fully offline
Vision / multimodal
Tool / function calling
1M+ context window

Benchmarks: o3 vs Nova Premier 1.0

Independent benchmark scores measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better (except latency).

o3
Nova Premier 1.0
Intelligence index
20.2
Math index
88.3
GPQA
82.7%
MMLU-Pro
85.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
20.1%
Long Context Reasoning
74.7%
LiveCodeBench
80.8%
MATH-500
99.2%
AIME
90.3%
AIME 2025
88.3%
IFBench
71.4%
τ²-Bench
80.7%
Terminal-Bench Hard
37.1%
Speed
114.5 tok/s
Latency
6.58s
Intelligence per $
5.8

Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis.

How o3 and Nova Premier 1.0 score

🤝 Neck and neck on these criteria (3.0 vs 3.2 / 5).
Criteriono3Nova Premier 1.0
Cost-efficiency3.53.5
Context window4.05.0
Openness1.51.5
Self-hosting1.01.0
Multimodality5.05.0

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.

What each model is

o3 Paid

OpenAI · Proprietary

o3 is a well-rounded and powerful model across domains. It sets a new standard for math, science, coding, and visual reasoning tasks. It also excels at technical writing and instruction-following....

Nova Premier 1.0 Paid

Amazon · Proprietary

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.

Other models in these families

These variants are tracked but not compared here — one page per family keeps the comparison readable.

Other variants tracked
o3 Proo3 (batch)o3 Minio3 Mini (batch)o3 Mini High

Frequently asked questions

o3 vs Nova Premier 1.0 — which is cheaper?

o3 is cheaper on output ($8/M vs $12.5/M).

Which has the larger context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 offers the larger context window (1M tokens).

o3 vs Nova Premier 1.0 — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose o3 for the lower output price ($8/M vs $12.5/M). Choose Nova Premier 1.0 if you need the larger 1M context window.

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