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Nova Micro 1.0 vs DeepSeek R1

List-price comparison ·Nova Micro 1.0 details ·DeepSeek R1 details

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For a typical workload (100,000 requests / mo), Nova Micro 1.0 is the cheapest — 93% less than the priciest here ($9.80/mo vs $146.00/mo).

 Nova Micro 1.0DeepSeek R1
Input / 1M tokens$0.035$0.500
Output / 1M tokens$0.140$2.15
Typical request (1,200 in + 400 out)$0.0001$0.0015
Context window128k tokens163,840 tokens
Max output5,120 tokens32,768 tokens
Quality score55/10084/100
TierFlashFlagship
ProviderAmazonDeepSeek

Projected monthly cost

Requests / moNova Micro 1.0DeepSeek R1
1,000$0.098$1.46
10,000$0.98$14.60
100,000$9.80$146.00
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Nova Micro 1.0

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DeepSeek R1

Chain-of-thought reasoning competitive with closed flagship models on math and logic benchmarks, at open-weight pricing.

Emits long reasoning traces that inflate output token counts and cost — cap reasoning length or use a distilled variant for latency-sensitive paths.

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Vendor list rates · per-request examples assume 1,200 input + 400 output tokens.