Model comparison
Nova Premier 1.0 vs Pixtral Large
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index. Pixtral Large costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 51.0 to 32.9.
- Pixtral Large is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova Premier 1.0 | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2025-04-30 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 128K |
| Max output | 10K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12.50 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 3 |
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Category by category
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 44.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
Math Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 35% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 51.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 80.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Pixtral Large?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index. Pixtral Large costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Nova Premier 1.0 or Pixtral Large?
Pixtral Large is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Nova Premier 1.0 and Pixtral Large share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova Premier 1.0 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.