Compare/Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)vsGemini 2.5 Pro

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

Amazon

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

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

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
131 tok/s
TTFT
23.22s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
Lower Latency
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
Benchmarks (4-8)
Gemini 2.5 Pro

Pricing Comparison

MetricNova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)Gemini 2.5 Pro
Input ($/M tokens)$1.25$1.25
Output ($/M tokens)$10$10
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)$2.25
Gemini 2.5 Pro$2.25

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
144 tok/s
Gemini 2.5 Pro
131 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
14.17s
Gemini 2.5 Pro
23.22s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
35.734.6
Coding Index
30.431.9
Math Index
89.087.7
GPQA Diamond
78.5%84.4%
MMLU-Pro
83.0%86.2%
LiveCodeBench
73.0%80.1%
AIME 2025
89.0%87.7%
MATH-500
96.7%
Humanity's Last Exam
8.9%21.1%
SciCode
42.7%42.8%
IFBench
79.0%48.7%
TerminalBench
24.2%26.5%
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)4 wins
8 winsGemini 2.5 Pro

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

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

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Gemini 2.5 Pro wins 8 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 4 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 131 tok/s. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) also has lower time-to-first-token (14.17s vs 23.22s).

When should I use Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) vs Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, Gemini 2.5 Pro for stronger benchmark performance, and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.