Amazon Nova Pro vs Claude Haiku 5.5
Amazon · US | Anthropic · US · Updated June 2026
Quick verdict
Pick Amazon Nova Pro for multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20 or deep aws and bedrock integration for enterprise pipelines. Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 for 5x the context window of haiku 4.5 (1m vs 200k tokens) and double the max output (128k vs 64k) or first haiku-class model with an adjustable 'effort' setting to trade off cost, latency, and intelligence. On a tight budget at scale, Claude Haiku 5.5 is the value pick.
Amazon Nova Pro (Amazon) and Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic) are two of the models people most often weigh against each other in 2026. Amazon Nova Pro is amazon's multimodal Bedrock model at $0.80/$3.20 with a 300K window — an enterprise-integrated generalist, not a frontier model. Claude Haiku 5.5 is anthropic's October 7, 2026 small-model refresh — a 1M-token context window (up from 200K) at roughly 75% lower average cost than Haiku 4.5, priced at $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens. They diverge most on price and context window — each quantified below from the models' real specs.
Key differences at a glance
- ▸Price: Claude Haiku 5.5 is about 8× cheaper on input ($0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens vs $0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens) — a large enough gap that at scale it can be the single biggest line item in the decision.
- ▸Context window: Claude Haiku 5.5 holds 3.3× more — 1M tokens (~1,500 pages) vs 300K (~450 pages). But effective recall usually fades long before the advertised ceiling, so the bigger number only helps if the model reasons over it.
- ▸Recency: Claude Haiku 5.5 is the newer model by about 22 months (released October 7, 2026), usually meaning fresher training data and capabilities.
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Amazon Nova Pro | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon (US) | Anthropic (US) |
| Released | December 5, 2024 | October 7, 2026 |
| Context window | 300K (~450 pages) | 1M tokens (~1,500 pages) |
| Price (in/out) | $0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens | $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens |
| Open weight? | No — API only | No — API only |
| Modalities | text, image, video, code | text, image, code |
| SWE-Bench Verified | Not published | Not published |
| MRCR v2 @ 1M | Not published | Not published |
Who wins what
Multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20
Amazon Nova Pro
Amazon Nova Pro lists multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20 among its strengths; Claude Haiku 5.5 does not.
Deep AWS and Bedrock integration for enterprise pipelines
Amazon Nova Pro
Amazon Nova Pro lists deep AWS and Bedrock integration for enterprise pipelines among its strengths; Claude Haiku 5.5 does not.
Balanced cost-to-capability for general business tasks
Amazon Nova Pro
Amazon Nova Pro lists balanced cost-to-capability for general business tasks among its strengths; Claude Haiku 5.5 does not.
5x the context window of Haiku 4.5 (1M vs 200K tokens) and double the max output (128K vs 64K)
Claude Haiku 5.5
Its 1M tokens window holds about 3.3× more than Amazon Nova Pro's 300K in a single prompt.
First Haiku-class model with an adjustable 'effort' setting to trade off cost, latency, and intelligence
Claude Haiku 5.5
At $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens it undercuts Amazon Nova Pro ($0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens), and that gap compounds at volume.
Anthropic's cheapest small model yet — runs about 75% cheaper on average than Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 5.5
Amazon Nova Pro is comparatively weak here — not a frontier reasoning or coding model against 2026 flagships
Lowest cost at scale
Claude Haiku 5.5
At $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens, it is the cheaper of the two — the gap dominates the bill on high-volume workloads.
Largest single-prompt input
Claude Haiku 5.5
Its 1M tokens window is about 3.3× larger than Amazon Nova Pro's 300K, fitting roughly 1,500 pages in one prompt.
Which should you pick?
A cost-sensitive startup shipping high volume
→ Claude Haiku 5.5
At $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens it undercuts Amazon Nova Pro, and on millions of tokens that margin decides the monthly bill.
Someone analysing very long documents or codebases
→ Claude Haiku 5.5
Larger 1M tokens window fits more in one prompt.
Anyone whose priority is multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20
→ Amazon Nova Pro
It is specifically built for that.
Anyone whose priority is 5x the context window of haiku 4.5 (1m vs 200k tokens) and double the max output (128k vs 64k)
→ Claude Haiku 5.5
That is its strongest area.
Amazon Nova Pro: where it fits
Amazon's multimodal Bedrock model at $0.80/$3.20 with a 300K window — an enterprise-integrated generalist, not a frontier model. Released December 5, 2024 by Amazon, it is built for multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20, deep AWS and Bedrock integration for enterprise pipelines, balanced cost-to-capability for general business tasks, and a 300K context for long documents and mixed media.
Its trade-offs are real: not a frontier reasoning or coding model against 2026 flagships, no published SWE-Bench Verified score, best value is realised inside the AWS ecosystem, and late-2024 model — older than most of the field here. At $0.8 in / $3.2 out per million tokens, it sits in the budget price band.
Claude Haiku 5.5: where it fits
Anthropic's October 7, 2026 small-model refresh — a 1M-token context window (up from 200K) at roughly 75% lower average cost than Haiku 4.5, priced at $0.10/$0.50 per million tokens. Released October 7, 2026 by Anthropic, it is built for 5x the context window of Haiku 4.5 (1M vs 200K tokens) and double the max output (128K vs 64K), first Haiku-class model with an adjustable 'effort' setting to trade off cost, latency, and intelligence, anthropic's cheapest small model yet — runs about 75% cheaper on average than Haiku 4.5, and over-refuses benign requests only 0.17% of the time on the API, down from Haiku 4.5's 0.44%.
Its trade-offs: pricing jumps roughly 5x beyond 100K-token prompts ($0.50/$2.50 per million vs the headline $0.10/$0.50), extended thinking can no longer be fully disabled — only dialed between low, medium, and high effort, and as the smallest tier, trails both Sonnet 5.5 and Opus 5.5 on hard reasoning and open-ended work. At $0.1 in / $0.5 out per million tokens, it sits in the budget price band.
The bottom line for this matchup
Amazon Nova Pro and Claude Haiku 5.5 overlap enough that the right pick depends on your specific job. Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less per token; Claude Haiku 5.5 holds the larger context; and each leads in its own area — Amazon Nova Pro for multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20, Claude Haiku 5.5 for 5x the context window of haiku 4.5 (1m vs 200k tokens) and double the max output (128k vs 64k). Rather than crowning one, run the same hard task through both once and let the results decide.
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See pricingFrequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Pro or Claude Haiku 5.5 better for coding?
Public SWE-Bench figures are not available for either model, so the honest test is your own repository — run an identical real bug through both. By design, Amazon Nova Pro leans toward multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20 while Claude Haiku 5.5 leans toward 5x the context window of haiku 4.5 (1m vs 200k tokens) and double the max output (128k vs 64k), and that positioning usually predicts which feels better on your codebase.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or Claude Haiku 5.5?
Claude Haiku 5.5 is cheaper — $0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens vs $0.1/$0.5 per 1M tokens, roughly 8× apart on input.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Haiku 5.5 — 1M tokens vs 300K, about 3.3× larger. Useful only if the model actually reasons over the full window, which not all do.
Can I use both Amazon Nova Pro and Claude Haiku 5.5 together?
Yes — a multi-model platform like LumiChats gives you Amazon Nova Pro, Claude Haiku 5.5 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 Pro or Claude Haiku 5.5?
Claude Haiku 5.5 — released October 7, 2026, about 22 months after Amazon Nova Pro.
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Specifications and benchmarks reflect publicly reported figures as of June 2026 and may change as providers release updates. Always verify on your own workload.