Is Nova 2 Lite or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct cheaper?

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($2.00 vs $2.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Nova 2 Lite or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

Nova 2 Lite has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Nova 2 Lite vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Nova 2 Lite offers a larger context window. Choose Nova 2 Lite or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Nova 2 Lite	GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct
Provider	Vercel AI Gateway	Vercel AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.30	$1.50
Output / 1M tokens	$2.50	$2.00
Context window	1M	8K
Parameters	—	20B
Open weights	No	No
Released	Dec 2025	Sep 2023

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