Compare/Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) vs GPT-5.1 Codex (high)

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)vsGPT-5.1 Codex (high)

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
122 tok/s
TTFT
12.26s
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GPT-5.1 Codex (high)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
166 tok/s
TTFT
5.09s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
Lower Latency
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
Benchmarks (2-9)
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
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
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)$2.25

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
122 tok/s
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
166 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
12.26s
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
5.09s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
35.743.1
Coding Index
30.436.6
Math Index
89.095.7
GPQA Diamond
78.5%86.0%
MMLU-Pro
83.0%86.0%
LiveCodeBench
73.0%84.9%
AIME 2025
89.0%95.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
8.9%23.4%
SciCode
42.7%40.2%
IFBench
79.0%70.0%
TerminalBench
24.2%34.8%
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)2 wins
9 winsGPT-5.1 Codex (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) or GPT-5.1 Codex (high)?

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

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

GPT-5.1 Codex (high) wins 9 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 2 for Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-5.1 Codex (high) generates tokens faster at 166 tok/s vs 122 tok/s. However, GPT-5.1 Codex (high) has lower time-to-first-token (5.09s vs 12.26s).

When should I use Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) vs GPT-5.1 Codex (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, GPT-5.1 Codex (high) for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-5.1 Codex (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.