Pick Amazon Nova 2 Pro for amazon's next-generation nova flagship - a 1m-token context window with selectable reasoning effort or deep aws bedrock integration for teams already building on aws. Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens or instruction following above its weight class — 84.1% on ifeval, beating gpt-4o. On a tight budget at scale, GPT-4.1 Mini is the value pick.
Amazon Nova 2 Pro (Amazon) and GPT-4.1 Mini (OpenAI) are two of the models people most often weigh against each other in 2026. Amazon Nova 2 Pro is amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - 1M context, selectable reasoning effort, and deep Bedrock integration, replacing the retiring Nova Premier. GPT-4.1 Mini is a cheap, fast 1M-context workhorse with strong instruction following but weak coding — already retired from ChatGPT. They diverge most on price and context window — each quantified below from the models' real specs.
Key differences
Price: GPT-4.1 Mini is about 5.5× cheaper on input ($0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens vs $2.19/$17.5 per 1M tokens) — a large enough gap that at scale it can be the single biggest line item in the decision.
Context window: 1M vs 1M — within a few percent of each other, so treat this as a tie and test on your own long inputs, since usable recall varies by model.
Recency: Amazon Nova 2 Pro is the newer model by about 8 months (released December 2, 2025), usually meaning fresher training data and capabilities.
Specifications
Spec
Amazon Nova 2 Pro
GPT-4.1 Mini
Provider
Amazon (US)
OpenAI (US)
Released
December 2, 2025
April 14, 2025
Context window
1M (~1,500 pages)
1M (~1,571 pages)
Price (in/out)
$2.19/$17.5 per 1M tokens
$0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens
Open weight?
No — API only
No — API only
Modalities
text, image
text, image, code
SWE-Bench Verified
Not published
23.6%
MRCR v2 @ 1M
Not published
Not published
Who wins what
Amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - a 1M-token context window with selectable reasoning effort: Amazon Nova 2 Pro — GPT-4.1 Mini is comparatively weak here — a June 2024 knowledge cutoff, now roughly two years stale, and no reasoning mode
Deep AWS Bedrock integration for teams already building on AWS: Amazon Nova 2 Pro — Amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - 1M context, selectable reasoning effort, and deep Bedrock integration, replacing the retiring Nova Premier — and it is the newer of the two.
A companion real-time-voice model (Nova 2 Sonic) in the same family: Amazon Nova 2 Pro — Amazon Nova 2 Pro lists a companion real-time-voice model (Nova 2 Sonic) in the same family among its strengths; GPT-4.1 Mini does not.
Very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens: GPT-4.1 Mini — At $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens it undercuts Amazon Nova 2 Pro ($2.19/$17.5 per 1M tokens), and that gap compounds at volume.
Instruction following above its weight class — 84.1% on IFEval, beating GPT-4o: GPT-4.1 Mini — A cheap, fast 1M-context workhorse with strong instruction following but weak coding — already retired from ChatGPT — and it runs cheaper at $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens.
Multi-turn coherence for its tier — 35.8% on MultiChallenge, roughly 1.8x GPT-4o mini: GPT-4.1 Mini — GPT-4.1 Mini lists multi-turn coherence for its tier — 35.8% on MultiChallenge, roughly 1.8x GPT-4o mini among its strengths; Amazon Nova 2 Pro does not.
Lowest cost at scale: GPT-4.1 Mini — At $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens, it is the cheaper of the two — the gap dominates the bill on high-volume workloads.
Which should you pick?
A cost-sensitive startup shipping high volume: GPT-4.1 Mini — At $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens it undercuts Amazon Nova 2 Pro, and on millions of tokens that margin decides the monthly bill.
Someone analysing very long documents or codebases: GPT-4.1 Mini — Larger 1M window fits more in one prompt.
Anyone whose priority is amazon's next-generation nova flagship - a 1m-token context window with selectable reasoning effort: Amazon Nova 2 Pro — It is specifically built for that.
Anyone whose priority is very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens: GPT-4.1 Mini — That is its strongest area.
Amazon Nova 2 Pro: where it fits
Amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - 1M context, selectable reasoning effort, and deep Bedrock integration, replacing the retiring Nova Premier. Released December 2, 2025 by Amazon, it is built for amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - a 1M-token context window with selectable reasoning effort, deep AWS Bedrock integration for teams already building on AWS, a companion real-time-voice model (Nova 2 Sonic) in the same family, and replaces the original Nova Premier, which AWS is retiring in September 2026.
Its trade-offs are real: pricing shown reflects preview-tier rates and may change at general availability, amazon's Nova line has historically scored below independent-intelligence leaders like Claude, GPT, and Gemini, and a newer release with less real-world production track record than established flagships. At $2.19 in / $17.5 out per million tokens, it sits in the mid price band.
GPT-4.1 Mini: where it fits
A cheap, fast 1M-context workhorse with strong instruction following but weak coding — already retired from ChatGPT. Released April 14, 2025 by OpenAI, it is built for very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens, instruction following above its weight class — 84.1% on IFEval, beating GPT-4o, multi-turn coherence for its tier — 35.8% on MultiChallenge, roughly 1.8x GPT-4o mini, and a full 1M context at flat pricing, with no long-context premium.
Its trade-offs: weak at agentic coding — its 23.6% on SWE-Bench Verified sits below GPT-4o's 33.2%, retired from ChatGPT in February 2026, and OpenAI's own docs now point users to GPT-5 mini instead, and a June 2024 knowledge cutoff, now roughly two years stale, and no reasoning mode. At $0.4 in / $1.6 out per million tokens, it sits in the budget price band.
The bottom line for this matchup
Amazon Nova 2 Pro and GPT-4.1 Mini overlap enough that the right pick depends on your specific job. GPT-4.1 Mini costs less per token; GPT-4.1 Mini holds the larger context; and each leads in its own area — Amazon Nova 2 Pro for amazon's next-generation nova flagship - a 1m-token context window with selectable reasoning effort, GPT-4.1 Mini for very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens. Rather than crowning one, run the same hard task through both once and let the results decide.
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova 2 Pro or GPT-4.1 Mini better for coding?
Public SWE-Bench figures are not available for Amazon Nova 2 Pro, so the honest test is your own repository — run an identical real bug through both. By design, Amazon Nova 2 Pro leans toward amazon's next-generation nova flagship - a 1m-token context window with selectable reasoning effort while GPT-4.1 Mini leans toward very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens, and that positioning usually predicts which feels better on your codebase.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova 2 Pro or GPT-4.1 Mini?
GPT-4.1 Mini is cheaper — $2.19/$17.5 per 1M tokens vs $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens, roughly 5.5× apart on input.
Which has the bigger context window?
Effectively neither — 1M vs 1M is a difference of a few percent. Remember advertised ≠ usable: recall typically degrades before the ceiling.
Can I use both Amazon Nova 2 Pro and GPT-4.1 Mini together?
Yes — a multi-model platform like LumiChats gives you Amazon Nova 2 Pro, GPT-4.1 Mini and 40+ others under one ₹69/day pass (about $1/day), so you can draft with one and cross-check with the other instead of buying two subscriptions.
Which is newer, Amazon Nova 2 Pro or GPT-4.1 Mini?
Amazon Nova 2 Pro — released December 2, 2025, about 8 months after GPT-4.1 Mini.
Amazon Nova 2 Pro vs GPT-4.1 Mini
Amazon · US | OpenAI · US · Updated June 2026
Quick verdict
Pick Amazon Nova 2 Pro for amazon's next-generation nova flagship - a 1m-token context window with selectable reasoning effort or deep aws bedrock integration for teams already building on aws. Pick GPT-4.1 Mini for very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens or instruction following above its weight class — 84.1% on ifeval, beating gpt-4o. On a tight budget at scale, GPT-4.1 Mini is the value pick.
Amazon Nova 2 Pro (Amazon) and GPT-4.1 Mini (OpenAI) are two of the models people most often weigh against each other in 2026. Amazon Nova 2 Pro is amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - 1M context, selectable reasoning effort, and deep Bedrock integration, replacing the retiring Nova Premier. GPT-4.1 Mini is a cheap, fast 1M-context workhorse with strong instruction following but weak coding — already retired from ChatGPT. They diverge most on price and context window — each quantified below from the models' real specs.
Key differences at a glance
▸Price: GPT-4.1 Mini is about 5.5× cheaper on input ($0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens vs $2.19/$17.5 per 1M tokens) — a large enough gap that at scale it can be the single biggest line item in the decision.
▸Context window: 1M vs 1M — within a few percent of each other, so treat this as a tie and test on your own long inputs, since usable recall varies by model.
▸Recency: Amazon Nova 2 Pro is the newer model by about 8 months (released December 2, 2025), usually meaning fresher training data and capabilities.
Side-by-side specs
Spec
Amazon Nova 2 Pro
GPT-4.1 Mini
Provider
Amazon (US)
OpenAI (US)
Released
December 2, 2025
April 14, 2025
Context window
1M (~1,500 pages)
1M (~1,571 pages)
Price (in/out)
$2.19/$17.5 per 1M tokens
$0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens
Open weight?
No — API only
No — API only
Modalities
text, image
text, image, code
SWE-Bench Verified
Not published
23.6%
MRCR v2 @ 1M
Not published
Not published
Who wins what
Amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - a 1M-token context window with selectable reasoning effort
Amazon Nova 2 Pro
GPT-4.1 Mini is comparatively weak here — a June 2024 knowledge cutoff, now roughly two years stale, and no reasoning mode
Deep AWS Bedrock integration for teams already building on AWS
Amazon Nova 2 Pro
Amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - 1M context, selectable reasoning effort, and deep Bedrock integration, replacing the retiring Nova Premier — and it is the newer of the two.
A companion real-time-voice model (Nova 2 Sonic) in the same family
Amazon Nova 2 Pro
Amazon Nova 2 Pro lists a companion real-time-voice model (Nova 2 Sonic) in the same family among its strengths; GPT-4.1 Mini does not.
Very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens
GPT-4.1 Mini
At $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens it undercuts Amazon Nova 2 Pro ($2.19/$17.5 per 1M tokens), and that gap compounds at volume.
Instruction following above its weight class — 84.1% on IFEval, beating GPT-4o
GPT-4.1 Mini
A cheap, fast 1M-context workhorse with strong instruction following but weak coding — already retired from ChatGPT — and it runs cheaper at $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens.
Multi-turn coherence for its tier — 35.8% on MultiChallenge, roughly 1.8x GPT-4o mini
GPT-4.1 Mini
GPT-4.1 Mini lists multi-turn coherence for its tier — 35.8% on MultiChallenge, roughly 1.8x GPT-4o mini among its strengths; Amazon Nova 2 Pro does not.
Lowest cost at scale
GPT-4.1 Mini
At $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens, it is the cheaper of the two — the gap dominates the bill on high-volume workloads.
Which should you pick?
A cost-sensitive startup shipping high volume
→ GPT-4.1 Mini
At $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens it undercuts Amazon Nova 2 Pro, and on millions of tokens that margin decides the monthly bill.
Someone analysing very long documents or codebases
→ GPT-4.1 Mini
Larger 1M window fits more in one prompt.
Anyone whose priority is amazon's next-generation nova flagship - a 1m-token context window with selectable reasoning effort
→ Amazon Nova 2 Pro
It is specifically built for that.
Anyone whose priority is very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens
→ GPT-4.1 Mini
That is its strongest area.
Amazon Nova 2 Pro: where it fits
Amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - 1M context, selectable reasoning effort, and deep Bedrock integration, replacing the retiring Nova Premier. Released December 2, 2025 by Amazon, it is built for amazon's next-generation Nova flagship - a 1M-token context window with selectable reasoning effort, deep AWS Bedrock integration for teams already building on AWS, a companion real-time-voice model (Nova 2 Sonic) in the same family, and replaces the original Nova Premier, which AWS is retiring in September 2026.
Its trade-offs are real: pricing shown reflects preview-tier rates and may change at general availability, amazon's Nova line has historically scored below independent-intelligence leaders like Claude, GPT, and Gemini, and a newer release with less real-world production track record than established flagships. At $2.19 in / $17.5 out per million tokens, it sits in the mid price band.
GPT-4.1 Mini: where it fits
A cheap, fast 1M-context workhorse with strong instruction following but weak coding — already retired from ChatGPT. Released April 14, 2025 by OpenAI, it is built for very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens, instruction following above its weight class — 84.1% on IFEval, beating GPT-4o, multi-turn coherence for its tier — 35.8% on MultiChallenge, roughly 1.8x GPT-4o mini, and a full 1M context at flat pricing, with no long-context premium.
Its trade-offs: weak at agentic coding — its 23.6% on SWE-Bench Verified sits below GPT-4o's 33.2%, retired from ChatGPT in February 2026, and OpenAI's own docs now point users to GPT-5 mini instead, and a June 2024 knowledge cutoff, now roughly two years stale, and no reasoning mode. At $0.4 in / $1.6 out per million tokens, it sits in the budget price band.
The bottom line for this matchup
Amazon Nova 2 Pro and GPT-4.1 Mini overlap enough that the right pick depends on your specific job. GPT-4.1 Mini costs less per token; GPT-4.1 Mini holds the larger context; and each leads in its own area — Amazon Nova 2 Pro for amazon's next-generation nova flagship - a 1m-token context window with selectable reasoning effort, GPT-4.1 Mini for very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens. Rather than crowning one, run the same hard task through both once and let the results decide.
Want both Amazon Nova 2 Pro and GPT-4.1 Mini without two subscriptions? LumiChats gives you these plus 40+ models under one ₹69/day pass (about $1/day) — draft with one, cross-check with the other.
Is Amazon Nova 2 Pro or GPT-4.1 Mini better for coding?
Public SWE-Bench figures are not available for Amazon Nova 2 Pro, so the honest test is your own repository — run an identical real bug through both. By design, Amazon Nova 2 Pro leans toward amazon's next-generation nova flagship - a 1m-token context window with selectable reasoning effort while GPT-4.1 Mini leans toward very cheap high-volume text work at $0.40 in / $1.60 out per million tokens, and that positioning usually predicts which feels better on your codebase.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova 2 Pro or GPT-4.1 Mini?
GPT-4.1 Mini is cheaper — $2.19/$17.5 per 1M tokens vs $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens, roughly 5.5× apart on input.
Which has the bigger context window?
Effectively neither — 1M vs 1M is a difference of a few percent. Remember advertised ≠ usable: recall typically degrades before the ceiling.
Can I use both Amazon Nova 2 Pro and GPT-4.1 Mini together?
Yes — a multi-model platform like LumiChats gives you Amazon Nova 2 Pro, GPT-4.1 Mini and 40+ others under one ₹69/day pass (about $1/day), so you can draft with one and cross-check with the other instead of buying two subscriptions.
Which is newer, Amazon Nova 2 Pro or GPT-4.1 Mini?
Amazon Nova 2 Pro — released December 2, 2025, about 8 months after GPT-4.1 Mini.
Specifications and benchmarks reflect publicly reported figures as of June 2026 and may change as providers release updates. Always verify on your own workload.