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Nova Lite 1.0 vs GPT-OSS-120b

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Nova Lite 1.0 wins:

  • Larger context window

GPT-OSS-120b wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-OSS-120b
Context Window
Nova Lite 1.0
Speed
GPT-OSS-120b

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureNova Lite 1.0GPT-OSS-120b
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyNova Lite 1.0GPT-OSS-120b
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorAmazonOpenAI
ReleasedDec 2024Aug 2025

Nova Lite 1.0 Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

GPT-OSS-120b Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-OSS-120b has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. GPT-OSS-120b has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
GPT-OSS-120b scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 15.5, compared to Nova Lite 1.0's score of 5.1.
Nova Lite 1.0 has a 300,000 token context window, while GPT-OSS-120b has a 131,072 token context window.
Nova Lite 1.0 supports vision. GPT-OSS-120b supports vision.