Nova Micro 1.0
Amazon's compact LLM optimized for long-form text tasks.
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Model page Updated 2026-06-15
About Nova Micro 1.0
Nova Micro 1.0 was designed by Amazon as a text-only LLM with a substantial context window. Its architecture supports detailed analysis of lengthy inputs while remaining lightweight in deployment. The model is not open-weight and parameters are not disclosed.
Strengths include reliable performance on tasks requiring sustained context such as summarization and multi-turn dialogue. It suits production environments where proprietary control and predictable scaling matter most.
Typical usage covers document processing pipelines, customer support automation, and content generation workflows. Teams integrate it via Amazon's managed APIs to leverage its 128k token capacity without managing infrastructure.
Capabilities
Long-context processing
Instruction following
Text summarization
Question answering
Basic reasoning
Content generation
How Nova Micro 1.0 compares
Nova Micro 1.0 (striped bar) vs other language models on intelligence, speed and price.
Price
USD per 1M output tokens · Lower is better · Nova Micro 1.0 ranks #15 of 145
$0.10
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$0.14
$0.14
Nova Micro 1.0$0.14
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$0.15
Trinity Mini$0.15
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Rnj 1 Instruct$0.18
Sources: Artificial Analysis (intelligence, speed) · OpenRouter (price).
Best for
Long Document Summarization
Processes inputs up to 128000 tokens to deliver concise summaries of lengthy reports or transcripts while preserving key details.
Instruction-Based Content Generation
Follows detailed prompts to produce original text, structured outputs, or creative material with reliable adherence to guidelines.
Question Answering Over Large Contexts
Retrieves and reasons over extensive source material to provide accurate answers drawn from full documents or datasets.
Strengths & limitations
Strengths
- +Low-latency inference
- +Cost-efficient operation
- +High throughput on simple tasks
- +Lightweight deployment
Limitations
- –Weaker on complex multi-step reasoning
- –Text-only modality
- –Less capable than larger models on specialized domains
Cost calculator
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Based on Nova Micro 1.0's $0.04/1M input · $0.14/1M output. Estimate only — actual cost varies by provider and caching.
Quick start
OpenRouter's API is OpenAI-compatible — most SDKs work by just swapping the base URL. Only the model slug changes between models.
JavaScript · openai
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY,
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "amazon/nova-micro-v1",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);Model slug: amazon/nova-micro-v1
Editor's verdict
Our take on Nova Micro 1.0
Nova Micro 1.0 is Amazon's proprietary language models with a 128K-token context window.
At $0.14 per 1M output tokens, it is very cost-efficient for its class.
It is available through Amazon's API and aggregators like OpenRouter.
Best suited to low-latency inference and cost-efficient operation.
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The model handles up to 128000 tokens of context.
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