Nova Premier 1.0 vs Command A

Nova Premier 1.0 at $2.88 in and $14.38 out and Command A at $2.88 in and $11.50 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Nova Premier 1.0

Amazon

2.6¢

for a client proposal

$2.88 in · $14.38 out / 1M

1M context · released October 2025

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Command A

Cohere

2.4¢

for a client proposal

$2.88 in · $11.50 out / 1M

256K context · released March 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 4.9¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

All 2 cost the same on input.
Cheapest output: Command A at $11.50 per million tokens.
Largest context: Nova Premier 1.0 at 1M tokens — about 1,400 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Nova Premier 1.0

1.3¢

Command A

1.1¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Nova Premier 1.0

2.6¢

Command A

2.4¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Nova Premier 1.0

$0.50

Command A

$0.49

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Nova Premier 1.0

$0.12

Command A

$0.11

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Nova Premier 1.0

$0.76

Command A

$0.75

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

Nova Premier 1.0

Command A

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Nova Premier 1.0

Command A

Input / 1M tokens

$2.88

Output / 1M tokens

$14.38

$11.50

Cached input / 1M

$0.719

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Specs

Nova Premier 1.0

Command A

Provider

Amazon

Cohere

Released

October 2025

March 2025

Context window

256K

Max output

32K

Input

Text and Images

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

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2024-08-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Nova Premier 1.0

Amazon

1.3¢

for this task

44% input · 56% output

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Command A

Cohere

1.1¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 2.4¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 204 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Nova Premier 1.0 has the largest context window here — 1M tokens.

On price, Command A is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 2.4¢.

For images or files, Nova Premier 1.0 can read them directly; Command A is text-only.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Nova Premier 1.0 or Command A?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Command A at 2.4¢; Nova Premier 1.0 at 2.6¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 — 1M tokens, about 1,400 pages.

Can I run Nova Premier 1.0 and Command A side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 4.9¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 4.9¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.