Compare/Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) vs GPT-4o (Nov '24)

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)vsGPT-4o (Nov '24)

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

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Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

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

GPT-4o (Nov '24)

Input
$2.5/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
114 tok/s
TTFT
0.63s

Winner by Category

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

Pricing Comparison

MetricNova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)GPT-4o (Nov '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 (medium)$2.25
GPT-4o (Nov '24)$3.50

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
144 tok/s
GPT-4o (Nov '24)
114 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
14.17s
GPT-4o (Nov '24)
0.63s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
35.717.3
Coding Index
30.416.7
Math Index
89.06.0
GPQA Diamond
78.5%54.3%
MMLU-Pro
83.0%74.8%
LiveCodeBench
73.0%30.9%
AIME 2025
89.0%6.0%
MATH-500
75.9%
Humanity's Last Exam
8.9%3.3%
SciCode
42.7%33.3%
IFBench
79.0%34.3%
TerminalBench
24.2%8.3%
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)11 wins
1 winsGPT-4o (Nov '24)

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for GPT-4o (Nov '24). 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 114 tok/s. However, GPT-4o (Nov '24) has lower time-to-first-token (0.63s vs 14.17s).

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

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