Compare/Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) vs GPT-5 (minimal)

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)vsGPT-5 (minimal)

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-5 (minimal)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
82 tok/s
TTFT
0.89s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
Lower Latency
GPT-5 (minimal)
Benchmarks (11-1)
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)GPT-5 (minimal)
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 (minimal)$2.25

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
144 tok/s
GPT-5 (minimal)
82 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)
14.17s
GPT-5 (minimal)
0.89s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
35.723.9
Coding Index
30.425.1
Math Index
89.031.7
GPQA Diamond
78.5%67.3%
MMLU-Pro
83.0%80.6%
LiveCodeBench
73.0%55.8%
AIME 2025
89.0%31.7%
MATH-500
86.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
8.9%5.4%
SciCode
42.7%38.8%
IFBench
79.0%45.6%
TerminalBench
24.2%18.2%
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium)11 wins
1 winsGPT-5 (minimal)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) or GPT-5 (minimal)?

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

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for GPT-5 (minimal). 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 82 tok/s. However, GPT-5 (minimal) has lower time-to-first-token (0.89s vs 14.17s).

When should I use Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (medium) vs GPT-5 (minimal)?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, 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.