AmazonOpen weightsNovember 27, 2025

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Intelligence
14

score

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) scores 14 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, …

vs class avg: 17

Speed
134.2

output tokens/sec

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) generates output at 134.2 tokens per second (based on Amazon's …

Latency
1.09s

TTFT

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) has a time to first token (TTFT) of 1. …

Input Price#28/76
$1.25

/ 1M tokens

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: …

Output Price#45/76
$10.00

/ 1M tokens

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: …

Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

Capable everyday model

Good for routine tasks; route complex reasoning and premium workloads to stronger models.

Best for

  • Routine Q&A
  • Content summarization
  • Classification
  • Light coding
  • Low-latency chat
  • Interactive turn-taking
  • High-value tasks where quality outweighs cost

Weak or unsuitable

  • Complex reasoning
  • Agentic workflows
  • Research-grade analysis
  • Routine high-volume generation
  • Simple extraction or labeling

Routing recommendation

1

Lower-cost models for repetitive or high-volume work

2

Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Cost pressure

Premium pricing — $1.25 / M input, $10.00 / M output. Use cheaper routes for repetitive or low-risk work.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsModerateIntelligence score 14 handles routine reasoning but may struggle with open-ended agentic tasks.Route simpler sub-tasks here; keep hard reasoning on a stronger model.
High-volume chat & customer-facingExcellentOutput speed 134.2 tokens/sec and capable intelligence make this suitable for real-time chat at scale.Ideal for interactive chat; enable caching for repeated queries.
Latency-sensitive applicationsStrongTTFT 1.09s — adequate latency for most interactive use cases.Suitable for real-time; test with your specific workload.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesModerateOutput pricing at $10.00 is premium. Route high-volume simple tasks to cheaper alternatives.Use only for high-value tasks; route simple queries to budget models.

Cost pressure

High

Pricing is premium — input $1.25, output $10.00. This model is expensive for high-volume or output-heavy workloads.

Cheaper substitutes

  • Lower-cost models for repetitive or high-volume work
  • Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Route away when

  • Output-heavy tasks
  • High-frequency chat at scale
  • Simple queries that cheaper models handle well

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) scores 14 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 17).

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 1414?Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) generates output at 134.2 tokens per second (based on Amazon's API), which is well above average compared to other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 61.7 t/s).

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 134134?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 133133xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6GPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 7575AIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is premium — input $1.25, output $10.00. This model is expensive for high-volume or output-heavy workloads.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraNova 2.0 Pro Preview: $0.25$0.25?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

-50050Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3Nemotron 3 Ultra: -0.8-0.8NNemotron 3 UltraClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): -1.2-1.2AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: -48.1-48.1?Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 4242AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraNova 2.0 Pro Preview: 1414?Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 4242AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraNova 2.0 Pro Preview: 1414?Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 1414?Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 134134?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 133133xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 134134?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewMiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Latency & Response Time

Time to first token and end-to-end response latency.

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s2.5s5s7.5s10sQwen3.6 27B: 8.3s8.3sQQwen3.6 27BClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7.1s7.1sAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7s7sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)GPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 6.6s6.6sAIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Kimi K2.6: 6.6s6.6sKKimi K2.6GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5.7s5.7sAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)MiniMax-M3: 5s5s?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 3.8s3.8sxGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 3.7s3.7s?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewGrok 4.3 (high): 3s3sxGrok 4.3 (high)

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s25s50s75s100sDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 61s61sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 58s58sKKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 20s20s?MiniMax-M3GLM-5.2 (max): 9.2s9.2s?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 9.1s9.1sNNemotron 3 Ultragpt-oss-120b (high): 6.4s6.4sAIgpt-oss-120b (high)Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 0s0sxGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)GPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 0s0sAIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 0s0s?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.6 27B: 0s0sQQwen3.6 27B

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 1M1MAClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 256k256k?Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 0.40.4AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 00AIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Qwen3.6 27B: 00QQwen3.6 27BNova 2.0 Pro Preview: 00?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewGLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 00xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)Kimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 Ultra

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: $0.25$0.25?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0200400600Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 508508AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashQwen3.6 27B: 8888QQwen3.6 27BGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 6666AIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 5353?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewNemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 2222xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6161AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 3636AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning): 3636AIGPT-5.5 (Non-reasoning)Claude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 1212AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 1111?Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewGemini 3.5 Flash: 1111GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Claude 3.5 Haiku: 4.94.9AClaude 3.5 HaikuQwen3.6 27B: 4.24.2QQwen3.6 27Bcache Hitinputoutput

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0510Kimi K2.6: 8.28.2KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.86.8DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4.84.8AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…MiniMax-M3: 3.93.9?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 33AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Qwen3.6 27B: 33QQwen3.6 27BGLM-5.2 (max): 2.82.8?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2.22.2GGemini 3.5 Flashgpt-oss-120b (high): 1.91.9AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Grok 4.3 (high): 1.61.6xGrok 4.3 (high)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 0.50.5?Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Additional Benchmarks

Further benchmark and comparison data.

Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average number of output tokens used to run one task in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

050001000015000MiniMax-M3: 1162311623?MiniMax-M3Qwen3.6 27B: 1139011390QQwen3.6 27BGemini 3.5 Flash: 98199819GGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-reasoning): 97099709AClaude Sonnet 5 (Non-rea…Grok 4.3 (Non-reasoning): 91929192xGrok 4.3 (Non-reasoning)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 77977797NNemotron 3 UltraClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 76967696AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…gpt-oss-120b (high): 75717571AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 72437243DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)GLM-5.2 (max): 60896089?GLM-5.2 (max)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 36313631?Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) scores 14 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 17). Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) generates output at 134.2 tokens per second (based on Amazon's API), which is well above average compared to other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 61.7 t/s). Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) costs $1.25 per 1M input tokens (better than average, median: $1.88) and $10.00 per 1M output tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $7.75), based on Amazon's API.

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
No
Input modalities
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) supports text and image input.
Output modalities
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) supports text output.
Context window
260k tokens
Open weights / source
No, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
Parameters
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) is a proprietary model and Amazon has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.
API availability
Yes, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) is available via API through 1 provider.

Methodology & Provenance

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