Nova 2.0 Lite vs gpt-oss-20b: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Nova 2.0 Lite and gpt-oss-20b releases: 4 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 6 models.
- For output speed, gpt-oss-20b is fastest: gpt-oss-20b (Low) at 256 t/s, against Nova 2.0 Lite (High) at 195 t/s for Nova 2.0 Lite.
| Nova 2.0 Lite (high) | Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) | Nova 2.0 Lite (low) | Nova 2.0 Lite (non-reasoning) | gpt-oss-20b (high) | gpt-oss-20b (low) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Finance & Accounting | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Strategy & Ops | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Legal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Healthcare & Medical | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cost per TaskUSD | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Output SpeedTokens/s | 195 | 194 | 181 | 178 | 169 | 256 |
| Time to First Tokens | 17.25 | 16.54 | 7.71 | 1.10 | 0.71 | 0.78 |
| Context Window | 1M | 1M | 1M | 1M | 131k | 131k |
| Creator |  Amazon | Amazon | Amazon | Amazon |  OpenAI | OpenAI |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary | Open | Open |
| Input Modality | Supports: text and image | Supports: text and image | Supports: text and image | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Supports: text |
| Output Modality | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text |
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Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Capability Indexes
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, HLE-Diamond, AutomationBench-AA, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 4 evaluations: AutomationBench-AA, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, HLE-Diamond, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, AutomationBench-AA, HLE-Diamond · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, CritPt v2 (Hard Subset), Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1, HLE-Diamond, Terminal-Bench 4.0, FrontierCode 2.0, AA-Briefcase v1.1 · Higher is better
Incorporates 4 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, HLE-Diamond, GDP.pdf · Higher is better