Gemini 3 Pro vs Amazon Nova Pro
A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.
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Gemini 3 Pro specs · Amazon Nova Pro specs- PriceAmazon Nova Pro
Amazon Nova Pro publishes pricing ($3.20 / 1M output tokens) while Gemini 3 Pro does not.
- Context windowGemini 3 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro accepts 1.0M tokens vs 300K, 3.5× the room for long documents and codebases.
- BenchmarksTie
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.
- ModalitiesGemini 3 Pro
Gemini 3 Pro supports 4 modalities (text, vision, audio, video) vs 3 for Amazon Nova Pro.
- OpennessTie
Both are closed-weight, API-only.
On balance Gemini 3 Pro edges ahead, winning 2 of 5 categories against Amazon Nova Pro's 1. Amazon Nova Pro publishes pricing ($3.20 / 1M output tokens) while Gemini 3 Pro does not. Gemini 3 Pro accepts 1.0M tokens vs 300K, 3.5× the room for long documents and codebases.
No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Gemini 3 Pro handles text, vision, audio, video while Amazon Nova Pro handles text, vision, video, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Both are closed-weight, API-only.
Gemini 3 Pro is the newer of the two, released 12 months after Amazon Nova Pro, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Gemini 3 Pro is usually picked for long context and rag workloads, while Amazon Nova Pro sees more deployments in enterprise llm and rag. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Gemini 3 Pro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Other | |
| Released | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
| Modalities | text, vision, audio, video | text, vision, video |
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 300K tokens |
| Max output | 65.5K tokens | , |
| Input · 1M | Pricing not published | $0.80 / 1M tokens |
| Output · 1M | Pricing not published | $3.20 / 1M tokens |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-01 | , |
| Open weights | No | No |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
Pricing at scale
What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.
- Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day, vs $7.20
- Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day, vs $72.00
- RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day, vs $139
Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).
Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.
- Gemini 3 ProPricing unavailable
- Amazon Nova Pro$0.240
Benchmarks compared
Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.
- MMLU91.8
- HumanEval95.4
- GPQA91.9
Gemini 3 Pro fits when…
- Massive 1M-token context window
- State-of-the-art vision and document understanding
- Strong reasoning at competitive price
- Long-context tasks, handles 1.0M tokens vs 300K for Amazon Nova Pro.
- Multimodal needs covering audio.
Amazon Nova Pro fits when…
- AWS-native
- Long context
- Multimodal incl. video
Consider Gemini 3 Flash
Google's high-speed, low-cost mid-tier with the same massive context window, popular for high-volume RAG.
Frequently asked
Is Gemini 3 Pro or Amazon Nova Pro cheaper?
Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.Which has the larger context window?
Gemini 3 Pro accepts 1.0M tokens vs 300K for Amazon Nova Pro.Is Gemini 3 Pro or Amazon Nova Pro better for coding?
Both Gemini 3 Pro and Amazon Nova Pro are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.Are either of these models open source?
Neither model ships open weights, both are accessible only via their respective providers' APIs.When were Gemini 3 Pro and Amazon Nova Pro released?
Gemini 3 Pro was released by Google on 2025-12-09. Amazon Nova Pro was released by Other on 2024-12-03.
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