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Nova Premier 1.0 vs Grok 3 Mini

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Nova Premier 1.0 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Supports vision

Grok 3 Mini wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Grok 3 Mini
Benchmark Advantage
Grok 3 Mini
Context Window
Nova Premier 1.0
Speed
Grok 3 Mini

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureNova Premier 1.0Grok 3 Mini
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyNova Premier 1.0Grok 3 Mini
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAmazonXai
ReleasedOct 2025Jun 2025

Nova Premier 1.0 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Grok 3 Mini Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Grok 3 Mini has cheaper input pricing at $0.25/M tokens. Grok 3 Mini has cheaper output pricing at $0.50/M tokens.
Grok 3 Mini scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 25.2, compared to Nova Premier 1.0's score of 13.8.
Nova Premier 1.0 has a 1,000,000 token context window, while Grok 3 Mini has a 131,072 token context window.
Nova Premier 1.0 supports vision. Grok 3 Mini does not support vision.