Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) vs Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium)

Gemini 3.8 Flash (High) 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.

GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
40.90
Total cost
$1623
AmazonNova 2.0 Lite (Medium)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
12.50
Total cost
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Verdict

Comparison incomplete

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

MetricGemini 3.8 Flash (High)Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)40.912.5−69.4% Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium) is 69.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,622.73Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)30.91s26.65s−13.8% Nova 2.0 Lite (Medium) is 13.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.75 / $3.75$0.30 / $2.50
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image
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