Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Nova 2.0 Lite (Low)

Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) vs Nova 2.0 Lite (Low). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Verdict

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A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback)Nova 2.0 Lite (Low)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)53.611.8−78.0% Nova 2.0 Lite (Low) is 78.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,172.43Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)33.81s22.20s−34.3% Nova 2.0 Lite (Low) is 34.3% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$4.00 / $20.0$0.30 / $2.50
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image
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