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Nova Micro 1.0 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

Updated October 21, 2026. 38 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

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Nova Micro 1.0Amazon
Coding
No data
Overall
5.9
Output $/M
$0.14
0
Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle
Coding
19.1
Overall
16.1
Output $/M
$10.00
38
vs boards won of 38 shared

Decision reading

Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Micro 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Nova Micro 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 71.4x less.

Model ANova Micro 1.0AmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGemini 2.5 ProGoogle19.1/1003 independent benchmarks$0.64 per solved task
Shared results
38
Nova Micro 1.0 only
1
Gemini 2.5 Pro only
49
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Nova Micro 1.0 not benchmarked, Gemini 2.5 Pro 19.1 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 61.1 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
AA Math Index: Nova Micro 1.0 6.0 against Gemini 2.5 Pro 87.7, 81.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova Micro 1.0 $0.14 against Gemini 2.5 Pro $10.00 per million output tokens, 71.4x apart.
Context window
Nova Micro 1.0 takes 128K tokens, Gemini 2.5 Pro 1.05M.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryNova Micro 1.0BarsGemini 2.5 ProTies
Coding04
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math04
Knowledge05
General018
All shared boards038
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
Coding benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Gemini 2.5 ProLeader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured53.6%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1226Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured33.3Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured54.4%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured0.4%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)14.0%80.1%Gemini 2.5 Pro
SciCodeNot measured46.3%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)1.5%26.5%Gemini 2.5 Pro
Terminal-BenchNot measured32.6%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
GSO-BenchNot measured3.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
WeirdMLNot measured54.0%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: coding12181452Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: software and IT12151459Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1235Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1285Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Gemini 2.5 ProLeader
AA Intelligence Index5.916.1Gemini 2.5 Pro
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured145.1Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Gemini 2.5 ProLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured1.6Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
τ²-Bench Telecom14.0%54.1%Gemini 2.5 Pro
GDPvalNot measured23.3%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
DeepResearch BenchNot measured41.5%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$574Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Gemini 2.5 ProLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)35.8%84.4%Gemini 2.5 Pro
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.6%22.5%Gemini 2.5 Pro
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured85.3%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
ARC-AGINot measured41.0%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured4.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts11911455Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: expert11831452Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12031453Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1274Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1281Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Gemini 2.5 ProLeader
AA Math Index6.087.7Gemini 2.5 Pro
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)6.0%87.7%Gemini 2.5 Pro
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured84.7%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured24.6%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured0.0%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: math12061450Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: mathematical work12121454Gemini 2.5 Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Gemini 2.5 ProLeader
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured63.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured60.8%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured68.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured50.6%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)53.1%86.2%Gemini 2.5 Pro
MMLU70.8%Not measuredOnly Nova Micro 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: science12101480Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12071476Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: legal and government12211480Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: business and finance11821439Gemini 2.5 Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Gemini 2.5 ProLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1167Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1140Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1111Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1221Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1080Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1152Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
General benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Gemini 2.5 ProLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured41.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured73.5%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
IFBench29.4%48.7%Gemini 2.5 Pro
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)13.0%69.0%Gemini 2.5 Pro
DTBenchNot measured82.4%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMCANot measured34.8%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured83.8%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text12081458Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: instruction following11741437Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: creative writing11721454Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena VisionNot measured1263Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: English12241458Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: non-English11861452Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Chinese12091507Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: German11921487Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Japanese11541461Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Korean11501434Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: French12381473Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Spanish12251474Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Russian11851461Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1479Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn11781453Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: longer queries12051449Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: writing and language11921454Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: entertainment and media11631441Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1261Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1300Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1270Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1262Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1304Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1283Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1265Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1421Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova Micro 1.0Gemini 2.5 ProLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Nova Micro 1.0$0.0001Fits in one request
Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.0063Fits in one request

Nova Micro 1.0 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova Micro 1.0$0.0022Fits in one request
Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.092Fits in one request

Nova Micro 1.0 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova Micro 1.0$0.0084Exceeds the context window
Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.350Fits in one request

Nova Micro 1.0 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Nova Micro 1.0 and Gemini 2.5 Pro
SpecificationAmazon Nova Micro 1.0Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
MakerAmazonGoogle
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedDecember 5, 2024June 17, 2025
Context window128K1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.035$1.25
Output $/Mtok$0.14$10.00
Coding indexNot benchmarked19.1
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.64
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova Micro 1.0 better than Gemini 2.5 Pro for coding?

Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Micro 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova Micro 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 71.4x less.

Which is cheaper, Nova Micro 1.0 or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Nova Micro 1.0 costs $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 2.5 Pro only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova Micro 1.0 or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Gemini 2.5 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova Micro 1.0 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro comparison based on?

38 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova Micro 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Gemini 2.5 Pro's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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