Amazon Nova Micro 1.0 is a text-only model that delivers the lowest latency responses in the Amazon Nova family of models at a very low cost. With a context length of 128K tokens and optimized for speed and cost, Amazon Nova Micro excels at…
Model details →Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 vs DeepSeek Chat (legacy id)
Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
DeepSeek-V3 is the latest model from the DeepSeek team, building upon the instruction following and coding abilities of the previous versions. Pre-trained on nearly 15 trillion tokens, the reported evaluations reveal that the model outperfo…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 | DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 164K | 🏆 DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.04 | $0.32 | 🏆 Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.14 | $0.89 | 🏆 Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 better than DeepSeek Chat (legacy id)?
Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 and DeepSeek Chat (legacy id)?
Input: $0.04 vs $0.32 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.14 vs $0.89 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 and DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) support?
Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 supports up to 128K tokens. DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) supports up to 164K tokens.
Do both Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0 and DeepSeek Chat (legacy id) support tool calling?
Amazon: Nova Micro 1.0: yes. DeepSeek Chat (legacy id): yes.