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Nova Pro 1.0 vs Nvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning

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

Nova Pro 1.0

Image inputTool calling

Context window

300K

300,000 tokens · ~225K words

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Nvidia

Model

Nvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning

Tool calling

Context window

262K

262,144 tokens · ~197K 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.

Nova Pro 1.0300K
Nvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning262K

Nova Pro 1.0 has about 1.1× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Nova Pro 1.0 has 14% more context capacity (300K vs 262K tokens). Nvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning is 93% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Nova Pro 1.0. Its 300K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 262K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Nvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning. Input tokens are 93% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

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

SpecNova Pro 1.0Nvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning
Context window300,000 tokens (300K)262,144 tokens (262K)
Max output tokens10,000 tokens (10K)N/A
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionYesNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoYes
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateDec 2024N/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.

ProviderNova Pro 1.0 inNova Pro 1.0 outNvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning inNvidia Nemotron 3 5 Lightning out
Amazon$0.800/M$3.20/M——
Deepinfra——$0.050/M$0.200/M

Frequently asked questions

Nova Pro 1.0 has a larger context window: 300K tokens vs 262K. 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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