Gemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal) vs Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium)

Gemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal) vs Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium). 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.

MetricGemini 3.5 Flash (Minimal)Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)23.812.5−47.5% Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium) is 47.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reportedNot reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)3.43s27.44s+700.0% Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium) is 700.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.50 / $9.00$0.30 / $2.50
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image
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