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Nova Premier 1.0 vs Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Nova Premier 1.0 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Nova Premier 1.0
Context Window
Nova Premier 1.0
Speed
Nova Premier 1.0

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricNova Premier 1.0Phi-3 Medium 128K InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$2.50$1.00 Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$12.50$1.00 Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.63N/A Nova Premier 1.0
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct is 80% cheaper overall.

Nova Premier 1.0 Providers

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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Nova Premier 1.0 Wins
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Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Phi-3 Medium 128K InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
19.032.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
13.8--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
17.3--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
73.341.2
GPQA
Graduate-level science
56.911.5
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
31.7--
AIME
Competition math
17.0--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-48.5-
Nova Premier 1.0 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Nova Premier 1.0
1,000,000
tokens
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
128,000
tokens
Nova Premier 1.0 has a 87% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricNova Premier 1.0Phi-3 Medium 128K InstructWinner
Tokens/second72.2 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token0.84sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureNova Premier 1.0Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyNova Premier 1.0Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorAmazonMicrosoft
ReleasedOct 2025Unknown

Nova Premier 1.0 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $1.00/M tokens. Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $1.00/M tokens.
Nova Premier 1.0 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 13.8, compared to Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct's score of N/A.
Nova Premier 1.0 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct has a 128,000 token context window.
Nova Premier 1.0 supports vision. Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct does not support vision.