Compare/GPT-5 (medium) vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)

GPT-5 (medium)vsNova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)

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

OpenAI

GPT-5 (medium)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
69 tok/s
TTFT
45.44s
Amazon

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
148 tok/s
TTFT
5.85s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
Lower Latency
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
Benchmarks (11-1)
GPT-5 (medium)

Pricing Comparison

MetricGPT-5 (medium)Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
Input ($/M tokens)$1.25$1.25
Output ($/M tokens)$10$10
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
GPT-5 (medium)$2.25
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)$2.25

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
GPT-5 (medium)
69 tok/s
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
148 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
GPT-5 (medium)
45.44s
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
5.85s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
42.031.9
Coding Index
39.024.5
Math Index
91.763.3
GPQA Diamond
84.2%75.1%
MMLU-Pro
86.7%82.2%
LiveCodeBench
70.3%63.8%
AIME 2025
91.7%63.3%
MATH-500
99.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
23.5%5.2%
SciCode
41.1%38.7%
IFBench
70.6%79.6%
TerminalBench
37.9%17.4%
GPT-5 (medium)11 wins
1 winsNova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, GPT-5 (medium) or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)?

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

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5 (medium) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) generates tokens faster at 148 tok/s vs 69 tok/s. However, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) has lower time-to-first-token (5.85s vs 45.44s).

When should I use GPT-5 (medium) vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, GPT-5 (medium) for stronger benchmark performance, and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.