AI Models · Paid vs Paid

o3 Paid vs AMNova Pro 1.0 Paid

o3 vs Nova Pro 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 Pro 1.0PaidAmazon
$0.8 /M input
$3.2 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window300K tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Choose Nova Pro 1.0 for the lower output price ($3.2/M vs $8/M). It also gives you the larger 300K context window.

o3 vs Nova Pro 1.0 specs

Speco3Nova Pro 1.0Winner
MakerOpenAIAmazon
TypeProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K tokens300K tokensAMNova Pro 1.0
Input price$2/M$0.8/MAMNova Pro 1.0
Output price$8/M$3.2/MAMNova Pro 1.0
Vision / multimodalYesYes= Tie
Tool / function callingYesYes= Tie
Self-hostableNo (API only)No (API only)
LicenseProprietaryProprietary

Price gap & when to choose each

2.5×cheaper per output token

Nova Pro 1.0 is ~2.5× cheaper than o3 on output tokens ($3.2 vs $8 per M tokens).

Choose o3 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure
AMChoose Nova Pro 1.0 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You need the longer 300K context window
  • You want the lower output price
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

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

Benchmarks: o3 vs Nova Pro 1.0

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

o3
Nova Pro 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 Pro 1.0 score

🤝 Neck and neck on these criteria (3.0 vs 3.1 / 5).
Criteriono3Nova Pro 1.0
Cost-efficiency3.54.0
Context window4.04.0
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 Pro 1.0 Paid

Amazon · Proprietary

Amazon Nova Pro 1.0 is a capable multimodal model from Amazon focused on providing a combination of accuracy, speed, and cost for a wide range of tasks. As of December...

Other models in these families

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

Other variants tracked
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Frequently asked questions

o3 vs Nova Pro 1.0 — which is cheaper?

Nova Pro 1.0 is cheaper on output ($3.2/M vs $8/M).

Which has the larger context window?

Nova Pro 1.0 offers the larger context window (300K tokens).

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

Choose Nova Pro 1.0 for the lower output price ($3.2/M vs $8/M). It also gives you the larger 300K context window.

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