Nova Pro 1.0 vs Qwen3.5 397B-A17B.
model vs model · prices as of
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B takes 3 of 5 rounds against Nova Pro 1.0. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.55 per million tokens against $5.60.
Nova Pro 1.0
$5.60/M tokens
OpenRouter list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.672 per 1,000 pages
300k context · tool calling · reads images
Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
$1.55/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at OrcaRouter · $0.165 per 1,000 pages
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$0.80/M
$0.60/M
List price out (lower wins)
$3.20/M
$3.60/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
none below list
$1.55/M at OrcaRouter
Standard price (lower wins)
$5.60/M
$5.40/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.672
$0.165
Context
300k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
not stated
yes
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
no
yes
Reads images
yes
yes
Reasoning
no
yes
Released
5 Dec 2024
15 Feb 2026
Providers selling it
6
44
Price we measure against
OpenRouter
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
no provider to check
not stated
Providers selling both · 5
Kilo Gateway$5.60 / $3.51
Nous Portal$5.60 / $3.51
OpenRouter$5.60 / $5.15
NanoGPT$5.59 / $5.40
Cortecs$6.65 / $6.23
Nova Pro 1.0 then Qwen3.5 397B-A17B, per million tokens
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or switch the weighting, in the tool.
What moved in the last seven days
- Nova Pro 1.0
Nous Portal$0.64 / $2.56 $0.80 / $3.2025% dearer · - Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
Eden AI$0.70 / $4.18 $0.69 / $4.150.7% cheaper · - Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
Nous Portal$0.31 / $1.87 $0.39 / $2.3425% dearer · - Qwen3.5 397B-A17B
Requesty$0.60 / $3.60 $0.49 / $3.606% cheaper · - Nova Pro 1.0
Cortecs$0.96 / $3.84 $0.95 / $3.801.0% cheaper ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Nova Pro 1.0 or Qwen3.5 397B-A17B?
- Qwen3.5 397B-A17B, at $1.55 per million tokens against $5.60 for Nova Pro 1.0, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- Nova Pro 1.0: nobody goes below OpenRouter's own price with a reason we can point at, so $5.60 is the number to beat. Qwen3.5 397B-A17B: $1.55 at OrcaRouter.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 5 providers sell both: Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, NanoGPT, Cortecs. The cheapest of them for the two together is Kilo Gateway.
- Which holds more context?
- Nova Pro 1.0, at 300k tokens against 262k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.