Amazon Nova Pro vs GPT-5.4 Nano

Amazon · US  |  OpenAI · 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 GPT-5.4 Nano for cheapest gpt-5.4-family tier at $0.20/$1.25 — built for high-volume, latency-sensitive work or classification, extraction, ranking and sub-agent execution at scale. On a tight budget at scale, GPT-5.4 Nano is the value pick.

Amazon Nova Pro (Amazon) and GPT-5.4 Nano (OpenAI) 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. GPT-5.4 Nano is openAI's cheapest GPT-5.4 variant at $0.20/$1.25 with a 400K window — a speed-and-cost tier for high-volume tasks, not deep reasoning. They diverge most on price and context window — each quantified below from the models' real specs.

Key differences at a glance

Side-by-side specs

SpecAmazon Nova ProGPT-5.4 Nano
ProviderAmazon (US) OpenAI (US)
ReleasedDecember 5, 2024 March 17, 2026
Context window300K (~450 pages) 400K (~600 pages)
Price (in/out)$0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens $0.2/$1.25 per 1M tokens
Open weight?No — API only No — API only
Modalitiestext, image, video, code text, image, code
SWE-Bench VerifiedNot published Not published
MRCR v2 @ 1MNot published Not published

Who wins what

Multimodal input across text, image and video at $0.80/$3.20

Amazon Nova Pro

GPT-5.4 Nano is comparatively weak here — image input only — no audio or video

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; GPT-5.4 Nano 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; GPT-5.4 Nano does not.

Cheapest GPT-5.4-family tier at $0.20/$1.25 — built for high-volume, latency-sensitive work

GPT-5.4 Nano

At $0.2/$1.25 per 1M tokens it undercuts Amazon Nova Pro ($0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens), and that gap compounds at volume.

Classification, extraction, ranking and sub-agent execution at scale

GPT-5.4 Nano

OpenAI's cheapest GPT-5.4 variant at $0.20/$1.25 with a 400K window — a speed-and-cost tier for high-volume tasks, not deep reasoning — and it runs cheaper at $0.2/$1.25 per 1M tokens.

A 400K context in the smallest, fastest GPT-5.4 variant

GPT-5.4 Nano

Its 400K window holds about 1.3× more than Amazon Nova Pro's 300K in a single prompt.

Lowest cost at scale

GPT-5.4 Nano

At $0.2/$1.25 per 1M tokens, it is the cheaper of the two — the gap dominates the bill on high-volume workloads.

Largest single-prompt input

GPT-5.4 Nano

Its 400K window is about 1.3× larger than Amazon Nova Pro's 300K, fitting roughly 600 pages in one prompt.

Which should you pick?

A cost-sensitive startup shipping high volume

GPT-5.4 Nano

At $0.2/$1.25 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

GPT-5.4 Nano

Larger 400K 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 cheapest gpt-5.4-family tier at $0.20/$1.25 — built for high-volume, latency-sensitive work

GPT-5.4 Nano

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.

GPT-5.4 Nano: where it fits

OpenAI's cheapest GPT-5.4 variant at $0.20/$1.25 with a 400K window — a speed-and-cost tier for high-volume tasks, not deep reasoning. Released March 17, 2026 by OpenAI, it is built for cheapest GPT-5.4-family tier at $0.20/$1.25 — built for high-volume, latency-sensitive work, classification, extraction, ranking and sub-agent execution at scale, a 400K context in the smallest, fastest GPT-5.4 variant, and text and image input for cheap multimodal pipelines.

Its trade-offs: a nano tier — not built for hard reasoning or frontier coding, no published SWE-Bench Verified score (OpenAI reported SWE-Bench Pro instead), outclassed by GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.4 Mini whenever a task needs real depth, and image input only — no audio or video. At $0.2 in / $1.25 out per million tokens, it sits in the budget price band.

The bottom line for this matchup

Amazon Nova Pro and GPT-5.4 Nano overlap enough that the right pick depends on your specific job. GPT-5.4 Nano costs less per token; GPT-5.4 Nano 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, GPT-5.4 Nano for cheapest gpt-5.4-family tier at $0.20/$1.25 — built for high-volume, latency-sensitive work. Rather than crowning one, run the same hard task through both once and let the results decide.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Pro or GPT-5.4 Nano 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 GPT-5.4 Nano leans toward cheapest gpt-5.4-family tier at $0.20/$1.25 — built for high-volume, latency-sensitive work, and that positioning usually predicts which feels better on your codebase.

Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or GPT-5.4 Nano?

GPT-5.4 Nano is cheaper — $0.8/$3.2 per 1M tokens vs $0.2/$1.25 per 1M tokens, roughly 4× apart on input.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Nano — 400K vs 300K, about 1.3× larger. Useful only if the model actually reasons over the full window, which not all do.

Can I use both Amazon Nova Pro and GPT-5.4 Nano together?

Yes — a multi-model platform like LumiChats gives you Amazon Nova Pro, GPT-5.4 Nano 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 GPT-5.4 Nano?

GPT-5.4 Nano — released March 17, 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.