Amazon Nova 2 Pro preview 20251202 v1.0 vs Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6
Amazon Nova 2 Pro preview 20251202 v1.0 vs Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6: Amazon Nova 2 Pro preview 20251202 v1.0 is cheaper by 34% on average. Amazon Nova 2 Pro preview 20251202 v1.0 from Amazon Bedrock (1,000,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls) vs. Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 from Amazon Bedrock (1,000,000-token context, reasoning, tool calls). Use Agent Command Center to A/B both in shadow mode and pick the winner per workload.
Side-by-side cost
Live workload comparison
Same workload run through both models. The cheaper one is highlighted.
3,000
01,000,000
400
064,000
5,000
01,000,000
Amazon Bedrock
$2,064/mo
Input $2.19/M · Output $17.50/M
At this workload, Amazon Nova 2 Pro preview 20251202 v1.0 is 18% cheaper than Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 — a savings of $447/month ($5,365/year).
Crossover: Amazon Nova 2 Pro preview 20251202 v1.0 is cheaper when output/input ≤ 1.11 (input-heavy workloads — RAG, retrieval). Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 wins above (long-form generation).
Current workload ratio: 0.13 (400/3000)
Production recipe — Agent Command Center
strategy: cost-optimized
primary:
model: amazon-nova-2-pro-preview-20251202-v1-0
provider: bedrock
fallback:
model: us-anthropic-claude-sonnet-4-6
provider: bedrock
shadow: { sample_rate: 0.05 } # mirror 5% of traffic to compare quality live| Amazon Nova 2 Pro preview 20251202 v1.0 | Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $2.19/M | $3.30/M |
| Output price | $17.50/M | $16.50/M |
| Context window | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Max output | 64,000 | 64,000 |
| Function calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio input | — | — |
| Reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompt caching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing verified | May 12, 2026 | May 12, 2026 |
Cheaper option
~34% cheaper than Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6