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

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning)vsGPT-5 (minimal)

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

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Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
163 tok/s
TTFT
0.48s
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 (Non-reasoning)
Lower Latency
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning)
Benchmarks (1-11)
GPT-5 (minimal)

Pricing Comparison

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

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning)
163 tok/s
GPT-5 (minimal)
82 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning)
0.48s
GPT-5 (minimal)
0.89s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
23.123.9
Coding Index
20.525.1
Math Index
30.731.7
GPQA Diamond
63.6%67.3%
MMLU-Pro
77.2%80.6%
LiveCodeBench
47.3%55.8%
AIME 2025
30.7%31.7%
MATH-500
86.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.0%5.4%
SciCode
28.1%38.8%
IFBench
52.0%45.6%
TerminalBench
16.7%18.2%
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning)1 wins
11 winsGPT-5 (minimal)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) 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?

GPT-5 (minimal) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning). See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) generates tokens faster at 163 tok/s vs 82 tok/s. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) also has lower time-to-first-token (0.48s vs 0.89s).

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

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, GPT-5 (minimal) for stronger benchmark performance, and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (Non-reasoning) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.