Model comparison
Nova Premier 1.0 vs Step 5 Preview
Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
StepFunSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 5 Preview leads 40.0 to 23.0.
- Step 5 Preview is cheaper at $1 / $2.70 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Step 5 Preview accepts more context: 1.02M tokens versus 1M.
Side by side
| Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 47.9 |
| Released | 2025-04-30 | 2026-09-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1.02M |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12.50 | $2.70 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Step 5 Preview: 51.8 (#36)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1564 |
| SciCode | — | 58.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1480 |
Reasoning Step 5 Preview leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185), Step 5 Preview: 40.0 (#57)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 44.8% | — |
| CritPt | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1465 |
Math Step 5 Preview leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199), Step 5 Preview: 46.1 (#72)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 42% |
| Omni-MATH | 35% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1470 |
Knowledge Step 5 Preview leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180), Step 5 Preview: 41.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 51.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1470 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Step 5 Preview: 41.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1267 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Step 5 Preview: 53.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1432 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1519 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1439 |
Instruction Following Step 5 Preview leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204), Step 5 Preview: 76.0 (#50)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 80.3% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1444 |
Long Context Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Step 5 Preview: 44.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1455 |
Writing & Preference Step 5 Preview leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178), Step 5 Preview: 62.8 (#71)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1442 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1410 |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1447 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Step 5 Preview?
Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.9 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nova Premier 1.0 or Step 5 Preview?
Step 5 Preview is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $2.70 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Step 5 Preview does, with 1.02M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks do Nova Premier 1.0 and Step 5 Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova Premier 1.0 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 18.