LFM2.5 8B A1B vs Nova Micro
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by Together
|
by Amazon
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current budget Open weights | Current budget |
| Released | May 27, 2026 | Dec 3, 2024 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.030/Mtok | $0.035/Mtok |
| Output | $0.120/Mtok | $0.140/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.052/Mtok | $0.061/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 33K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Parameters | 8.5B (A1B) | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: Artificial Analysis / Vellum LLM Leaderboard | ||
| Avg benchmark score | — | 40 |
| Perf / dollar | — | 653.1 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40 |
| SWE-Bench Verified | — | 10 vendor |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 5 vendor |
| ARC-AGI 2 | — | 4 vendor |
| AIME 2025 | — | 20 vendor |
| MMMLU | — | 62 vendor |
| BFCL | — | 42 vendor |
| HumanEval | — | 68 vendor |
| MATH 500 | — | 42 vendor |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA-Omniscience Index (−100–100) | -33.2 | — |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Together — $0.030/$0.120/Mtok
|
Amazon — $0.035/$0.140/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | LFM2.5 8B A1B | Nova Micro | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.05 | $0.06 | $0.01 (16.3%) |
| 10M tokens | $0.53 | $0.61 | $0.09 (14.7%) |
| 100M tokens | $5.25 | $6.13 | $0.88 (14.4%) |
| 1000M tokens | $52.5 | $61.25 | $8.75 (14.3%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- cost dominates: $0.052/Mtok blended vs $0.061 — 14.3% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- you want open weights — self-host it, fine-tune it, or exit the API entirely; Nova Micro is closed
- you need the longer context: 128K tokens vs 33K (3.9×)
The cheaper option here — LFM2.5 8B A1B costs $0.052/Mtok blended on Together.
Summary
LFM2.5 8B A1B by Together costs $0.030/Mtok input and $0.120/Mtok output, with a 33K-token context window. It supports text input.
Nova Micro by Amazon costs $0.035/Mtok input and $0.140/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, LFM2.5 8B A1B is 14.3% cheaper than Nova Micro.
The two aren't directly comparable on average benchmark score: Nova Micro has published per-benchmark results, while LFM2.5 8B A1B does not yet — it is measured today on independent composites (see the table above).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.