Compare/GPT-5.1 Codex (high) vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

GPT-5.1 Codex (high)vsNova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

OpenAI

GPT-5.1 Codex (high)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
139 tok/s
TTFT
7.13s
Amazon

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
144 tok/s
TTFT
14.17s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
Lower Latency
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
Benchmarks (9-2)
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricGPT-5.1 Codex (high)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
Input ($/M tokens)$1.25$1.25
Output ($/M tokens)$10$10
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)$2.25
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)$2.25

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
139 tok/s
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
144 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
7.13s
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
14.17s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
43.135.7
Coding Index
36.630.4
Math Index
95.789.0
GPQA Diamond
86.0%78.5%
MMLU-Pro
86.0%83.0%
LiveCodeBench
84.9%73.0%
AIME 2025
95.7%89.0%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
23.4%8.9%
SciCode
40.2%42.7%
IFBench
70.0%79.0%
TerminalBench
34.8%24.2%
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)9 wins
2 winsNova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1 Codex (high) or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)?

Both models have similar pricing. Check the detailed breakdown above for input vs output token costs.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5.1 Codex (high) wins 9 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 2 for Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) generates tokens faster at 144 tok/s vs 139 tok/s. GPT-5.1 Codex (high) also has lower time-to-first-token (7.13s vs 14.17s).

When should I use GPT-5.1 Codex (high) vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, GPT-5.1 Codex (high) for stronger benchmark performance, and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.