Amazon Nova Pro vs Flint
Pricing, benchmarks, and use case comparison
Quick take
- •Amazon Nova Pro is meaningfully stronger at multimodal (85 vs 0 on our capability index).
- •Flint is open-weights (free to self-host); Amazon Nova Pro is paid API only.
Specs comparison
| Amazon Nova Pro | Flint | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon Web Services | Springboards |
| Type | Closed source | Closed source |
| Context window | ✓300K tokens | Not announced |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.80 | ✓Not announced |
| Output / 1M tokens | $3.20 | Not announced |
| Release date | 2024-12 | 2026-04 |
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Flint |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | ~85% | - |
| Novelty Bench | - | 7/10 |
| Intra-Model Similarity | - | 0.721 |
| NoveltyBench | - | 7.47 |
Scores sourced from official provider release posts and independent benchmark aggregators.
Which should you choose?
Choose Amazon Nova Pro if...
- →You are building on AWS and want native Bedrock integration
- →You need multimodal understanding of images or video plus text
- →You want a cost-balanced general model with a large context
- →You need enterprise controls: data residency, service tiers, prompt caching
Choose Flint if...
- →When exploring diverse creative directions
- →For early-stage ideation and concept generation
- →When variety and novelty are more important than accuracy