Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro vs Nova Pro Max: which model should you choose?
We compared Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro and Nova Pro Max on price, context window and 12 benchmarks. Nova Pro Max has the stronger average benchmark score; Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis.
Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro
Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro is a multimodal model from ByteDance. It offers a 128,000-token context window, costs $14.10 per million input tokens and $54.74 per million output tokens, and averages 80.2 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.10 / 1M
- Output
- $54.74 / 1M
- Context
- 128,000
- Avg score
- 80.2
- Open weights
- No
Nova Pro Max
Nova Pro Max is a multimodal model from Amazon. It offers a 1,000,000-token context window, costs $14.05 per million input tokens and $71.59 per million output tokens, and averages 81.2 across the index's benchmark suite.
- Input
- $14.05 / 1M
- Output
- $71.59 / 1M
- Context
- 1,000,000
- Avg score
- 81.2
- Open weights
- No
Specification comparison
| Spec | Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro | Nova Pro Max | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $14.10 | $14.05 | B |
| Output price / 1M | $54.74 | $71.59 | A |
| Context window | 128,000 | 1,000,000 | B |
| Max output | 8,192 | 16,384 | B |
| Average score | 80.2 | 81.2 | B |
| Arena Elo | 1443.4 | 1423.2 | A |
| Open weights | No | No | Tie |
Benchmark comparison
Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro wins 6, Nova Pro Max wins 6, and 0 benchmarks are tied. The table shows the modelled score for each model and the gap.
| Benchmark | Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro | Nova Pro Max | Gap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 80.2 | 84.2 | 4.0 | Nova Pro Max |
| GPQA Diamond | 74.5 | 78.3 | 3.8 | Nova Pro Max |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.2 | 67.4 | 3.8 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro |
| HumanEval | 84.4 | 87.5 | 3.1 | Nova Pro Max |
| MATH-500 | 85.4 | 83.8 | 1.6 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro |
| AIME 2025 | 77.7 | 79.3 | 1.6 | Nova Pro Max |
| LiveCodeBench | 71.6 | 77.0 | 5.4 | Nova Pro Max |
| IFEval | 87.8 | 86.4 | 1.4 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro |
| TruthfulQA | 84.6 | 83.4 | 1.2 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro |
| HellaSwag | 87.2 | 88.9 | 1.7 | Nova Pro Max |
| MMMU | 78.1 | 77.2 | 0.9 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro |
| Arena Elo | 1443.4 | 1423.2 | 20.2 | Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro |
Price analysis
On a blended 3:1 input-to-output basis, Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro costs about $24.26 per million tokens and Nova Pro Max costs about $28.44. Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro is roughly 15% cheaper than Nova Pro Max. At high volume, that gap compounds quickly, so price should carry real weight unless the quality difference is decisive.
Nova Pro Max has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 128,000 for Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro. That matters for long documents, large codebases and multi-step agent traces.
Verdict
Across 12 shared benchmarks, Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro wins 6, Nova Pro Max wins 6, and 0 are tied. On the index average, Nova Pro Max leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro by 1.0 points (81.2 versus 80.2).
The price picture favours Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro. The context picture favours Nova Pro Max. Those two dimensions often matter more than a few benchmark points once a model is good enough for the task.
If you need a single default, start with Nova Pro Max for quality-sensitive work and Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.
Choose Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro if
- Unit cost matters and you want the cheaper blended price.
Choose Nova Pro Max if
- You want the higher average benchmark score in this index.
- You need the larger 1,000,000-token context window.
- You need the larger 16,384-token output limit.
FAQ
Is Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro better than Nova Pro Max?
On the index average, Nova Pro Max leads Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro by 1.0 points (81.2 versus 80.2). The better choice depends on price, context and your task. Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro wins 6 benchmarks, Nova Pro Max wins 6.
Which is cheaper, Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro or Nova Pro Max?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro is cheaper on a blended 3:1 basis at about $24.26 per million tokens, versus $28.44 for Nova Pro Max.
Which has the larger context window?
Nova Pro Max has the larger context window at 1,000,000 tokens. Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro has 128,000 tokens.
Are these models open weights?
Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro is proprietary; Nova Pro Max is proprietary.
Which should I choose for production?
If you need a single default, start with Nova Pro Max for quality-sensitive work and Doubao 1.5 Pro Pro for high-volume, well-scoped tasks. Run both on a sample of your own traffic before locking in a choice.