Compare/Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) vs GPT-4o (Aug '24)

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)vsGPT-4o (Aug '24)

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

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Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)

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

GPT-4o (Aug '24)

Input
$2.5/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
84 tok/s
TTFT
0.68s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
Faster (tok/s)
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
Lower Latency
GPT-4o (Aug '24)
Benchmarks (11-1)
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)GPT-4o (Aug '24)
Input ($/M tokens)$1.25$2.5
Output ($/M tokens)$10$10
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)$2.25
GPT-4o (Aug '24)$3.50

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
148 tok/s
GPT-4o (Aug '24)
84 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
5.85s
GPT-4o (Aug '24)
0.68s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
31.918.6
Coding Index
24.516.6
Math Index
63.3
GPQA Diamond
75.1%52.1%
MMLU-Pro
82.2%
LiveCodeBench
63.8%31.7%
AIME 2025
63.3%
MATH-500
79.5%
Humanity's Last Exam
5.2%2.9%
SciCode
38.7%33.1%
IFBench
79.6%36.0%
TerminalBench
17.4%8.3%
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)11 wins
1 winsGPT-4o (Aug '24)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) or GPT-4o (Aug '24)?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $3.44/M tokens vs $4.38/M for GPT-4o (Aug '24).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for GPT-4o (Aug '24). 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 84 tok/s. However, GPT-4o (Aug '24) has lower time-to-first-token (0.68s vs 5.85s).

When should I use Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) vs GPT-4o (Aug '24)?

Choose based on your priorities: Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) for lower cost, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) for stronger benchmark performance, and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.