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

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)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 (low)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
127 tok/s
TTFT
5.53s
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GPT-5.1 Codex (high)

Input
$1.25/M
Output
$10/M
Speed
168 tok/s
TTFT
5.12s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
Lower Latency
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
Benchmarks (1-10)
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)

Pricing Comparison

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

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
127 tok/s
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
168 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)
5.53s
GPT-5.1 Codex (high)
5.12s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
31.943.1
Coding Index
24.536.6
Math Index
63.395.7
GPQA Diamond
75.1%86.0%
MMLU-Pro
82.2%86.0%
LiveCodeBench
63.8%84.9%
AIME 2025
63.3%95.7%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
5.2%23.4%
SciCode
38.7%40.2%
IFBench
79.6%70.0%
TerminalBench
17.4%34.8%
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low)1 wins
10 winsGPT-5.1 Codex (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) 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 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low). 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 168 tok/s vs 127 tok/s. However, GPT-5.1 Codex (high) has lower time-to-first-token (5.12s vs 5.53s).

When should I use Nova 2.0 Pro Preview (low) 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.