Compare/Nova 2.0 Lite (high) vs GPT-5.4 mini (medium)

Nova 2.0 Lite (high)vsGPT-5.4 mini (medium)

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

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Nova 2.0 Lite (high)

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

GPT-5.4 mini (medium)

Input
$0.75/M
Output
$4.5/M
Speed
196 tok/s
TTFT
7.69s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)
Lower Latency
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)
Benchmarks (5-6)
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNova 2.0 Lite (high)GPT-5.4 mini (medium)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.75
Output ($/M tokens)$0$4.5
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)$0.00
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)$1.20

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)
196 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)
GPT-5.4 mini (medium)
7.69s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
34.537.7
Coding Index
23.437.5
Math Index
94.3
GPQA Diamond
81.1%82.3%
MMLU-Pro
81.8%
LiveCodeBench
71.1%
AIME 2025
94.3%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
10.9%17.1%
SciCode
36.9%44.2%
IFBench
70.7%64.8%
TerminalBench
16.7%34.1%
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)5 wins
6 winsGPT-5.4 mini (medium)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Nova 2.0 Lite (high) or GPT-5.4 mini (medium)?

Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $1.69/M for GPT-5.4 mini (medium).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5.4 mini (medium) wins 6 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for Nova 2.0 Lite (high). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5.4 mini (medium) generates tokens faster at 196 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Nova 2.0 Lite (high) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 7.69s).

When should I use Nova 2.0 Lite (high) vs GPT-5.4 mini (medium)?

Choose based on your priorities: Nova 2.0 Lite (high) for lower cost, GPT-5.4 mini (medium) for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-5.4 mini (medium) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.