Amazon Nova Pro vs Gemma 4
Amazon · US | Google · 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 Gemma 4 for self-hosted, data-private deployment or running locally or on edge devices. Choose Gemma 4 if you need self-hosting or data privacy; Amazon Nova Pro if you want a managed API.
Amazon Nova Pro (Amazon) and Gemma 4 (Google) 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. Gemma 4 is google's open-weight family: Apache 2.0 licensed, multimodal, and sized from edge devices up, for private self-hosting. They diverge most on price, context window and open vs. closed weights — each quantified below from the models' real specs.
Key differences at a glance
- ▸Cost model: Gemma 4 ships open weights you can self-host (hardware cost only, no per-token fee), while Amazon Nova Pro is API-metered at $0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens. Your choice depends on whether you want zero marginal cost at the price of running infrastructure.
- ▸Context window: Amazon Nova Pro holds 1.2× more — 300K (~450 pages) vs 256K (~384 pages). But effective recall usually fades long before the advertised ceiling, so the bigger number only helps if the model reasons over it.
- ▸Recency: Gemma 4 is the newer model by about 16 months (released April 2, 2026), usually meaning fresher training data and capabilities.
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon (US) | Google (US) |
| Released | December 5, 2024 | April 2, 2026 |
| Context window | 300K (~450 pages) | 256K (~384 pages) |
| Price (in/out) | $0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens | Open weight (self-host / free) |
| Open weight? | No — API only | Yes — self-hostable |
| 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's multimodal Bedrock model at $0.80/$3.20 with a 300K window — an enterprise-integrated generalist, not a frontier model — and it carries the larger 300K context.
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; Gemma 4 does not.
Balanced cost-to-capability for general business tasks
Amazon Nova Pro
Gemma 4 is comparatively weak here — trails frontier closed models on the hardest tasks
Self-hosted, data-private deployment
Gemma 4
Open weights make this possible at all — Amazon Nova Pro is API-only, so it cannot leave the vendor's servers.
Running locally or on edge devices
Gemma 4
Google's open-weight family: Apache 2.0 licensed, multimodal, and sized from edge devices up, for private self-hosting — and its weights are open while Amazon Nova Pro is API-only.
Fine-tuning on your own data
Gemma 4
Google's open-weight family: Apache 2.0 licensed, multimodal, and sized from edge devices up, for private self-hosting — and it is the newer of the two.
Lowest cost at scale
Gemma 4
Its weights are open, so at volume you pay for your own hardware instead of Amazon Nova Pro's $0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens.
Largest single-prompt input
Amazon Nova Pro
Its 300K window is about 1.2× larger than Gemma 4's 256K, fitting roughly 450 pages in one prompt.
Which should you pick?
A cost-sensitive startup shipping high volume
→ Gemma 4
At Open weight (self-host / free) it undercuts Amazon Nova Pro, and on millions of tokens that margin decides the monthly bill.
Someone analysing very long documents or codebases
→ Amazon Nova Pro
Larger 300K window fits more in one prompt.
A team with data-privacy or self-hosting needs
→ Gemma 4
Open weights let you run it on your own hardware; Amazon Nova Pro is API-only.
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 self-hosted, data-private deployment
→ Gemma 4
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.
Gemma 4: where it fits
Google's open-weight family: Apache 2.0 licensed, multimodal, and sized from edge devices up, for private self-hosting. Released April 2, 2026 by Google, it is built for self-hosted, data-private deployment, running locally or on edge devices, fine-tuning on your own data, and multimodal tasks over a 256K context.
Its trade-offs: trails frontier closed models on the hardest tasks, and needs your own hardware to run. As an open-weight model, its running cost is your own hardware rather than a per-token fee.
The bottom line for this matchup
The defining split here is open vs. closed. Gemma 4 gives you weights you control — self-host it, fine-tune it, keep data in-house, pay only for hardware. Amazon Nova Pro gives you a managed, always-updated API with no infrastructure to run. Teams with GPUs, privacy requirements, or huge volume often favour the open model; teams that want zero ops and the latest capabilities favour the closed one. Capability is close enough that this operational question, not the benchmark, usually decides it.
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See pricingFrequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Pro or Gemma 4 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 Gemma 4 leans toward self-hosted, data-private deployment, and that positioning usually predicts which feels better on your codebase.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or Gemma 4?
Gemma 4 is open-weight, so self-hosting means no per-token fee (you pay for hardware instead), while Amazon Nova Pro is API-metered at $0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens. For most teams without GPUs, the API model is cheaper to start; at very high volume, self-hosting can win.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Pro — 300K vs 256K, about 1.2× larger. Useful only if the model actually reasons over the full window, which not all do.
Can I use both Amazon Nova Pro and Gemma 4 together?
Yes — a multi-model platform like LumiChats gives you Amazon Nova Pro, Gemma 4 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 Gemma 4?
Gemma 4 — released April 2, 2026, about 16 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.