Nova Premier vs GPT-5 Chat
Nova Premier comes out ahead, 41 to 34 on our weighted score, though GPT-5 Chat is 31% cheaper per token.
- Our pick
AmazonNova Premier
41/100- ECI—
- Price$2.50 / $12.50
- Context1M
OpenAIGPT-5 Chat
34/100- ECI—
- Price$1.25 / $10.00
- Context400K
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Nova Premier is our pick
Nova Premier is the better all-round choice, scoring 41/100 against GPT-5 Chat (34). It leads on inputs & features and context window. GPT-5 Chat wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceGPT-5 ChatGPT-5 Chat $3.44 · Nova Premier $5.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextNova PremierNova Premier 1,000,000 · GPT-5 Chat 400,000 tokens
- Widest inputsNova PremierNova Premier: Text, Images, PDFs, Video · GPT-5 Chat: Text, Images
- Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Nova Premier | GPT-5 Chat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 17 | 24 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 70 | 45 |
| Context window | 20% | 60 | 44 |
| Overall | 100% | 41/100 | 34/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Nova PremierAmazon | GPT-5 ChatOpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $2.50 | $1.25 (best) |
| Output | $12.50 | $10.00 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.625 | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $5.00 | $3.44 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Amazon Bedrock API | Median of 2 providers |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens (best) | 400,000 tokens |
| Max output | 10,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | Yes |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | us.amazon.nova-premier-v1:0 | — |
| API providers | 1 | 2 (best) |
| Released | Apr 30, 2025 | Aug 7, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Oct 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Nova Premier$50.00
- GPT-5 Chat$32.50
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Nova Premier or GPT-5 Chat?
Nova Premier is the better all-round choice, scoring 41/100 against GPT-5 Chat (34). It leads on inputs & features and context window. GPT-5 Chat wins on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Nova Premier or GPT-5 Chat?
GPT-5 Chat is cheaper at $1.25 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). Nova Premier costs $2.50 input / $12.50 output per million tokens (official Amazon Bedrock API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $3.44 per million tokens for GPT-5 Chat versus $5.00 for Nova Premier (1.5× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Nova Premier has not been scored yet and GPT-5 Chat has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Nova Premier and GPT-5 Chat yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that GPT-5 Chat does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Premier has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 400,000 for GPT-5 Chat. Maximum output per response: Nova Premier up to 10,000, GPT-5 Chat up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Nova Premier accepts text, images, PDFs and video; GPT-5 Chat accepts text and images. Nova Premier handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Nova Premier and GPT-5 Chat are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
GPT-5 Chat is the newest, released Aug 7, 2025. Nova Premier came out Apr 30, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Nova Premier Oct 2024, GPT-5 Chat Sep 30, 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
