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Amazon Nova Micro vs Writer Palmyra X5

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Amazon

Model

Amazon Nova Micro

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Google

Model

Writer Palmyra X5

Tool calling

Context window

1M

1,000,000 tokens · ~750K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Amazon Nova Micro128K
Writer Palmyra X51M

Writer Palmyra X5 has about 7.8× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Writer Palmyra X5 has 681% more context capacity (1000K vs 128K tokens). Amazon Nova Micro is 94% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Writer Palmyra X5. Its 1000K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Amazon Nova Micro. Input tokens are 94% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Amazon Nova Micro. Its 10K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecAmazon Nova MicroWriter Palmyra X5
Context window128,000 tokens (128K)1,000,000 tokens (1000K)
Max output tokens10,000 tokens (10K)8,192 tokens (8K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderAmazon Nova Micro inAmazon Nova Micro outWriter Palmyra X5 inWriter Palmyra X5 out
Aws Bedrock$0.035/M$0.140/M$0.600/M$6.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Writer Palmyra X5 has a larger context window: 1000K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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