GPT-4 Turbo vs Nova Lite Comparison

Comparing GPT-4 Turbo and Nova Lite across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

GPT-4 Turbo outperforms in 4 benchmarks (DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU), while Nova Lite is better at 1 benchmark (MATH).

GPT-4 Turbo significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Nova Lite costs less

For input processing, GPT-4 Turbo ($10.00/1M tokens) is 166.7x more expensive than Nova Lite ($0.06/1M tokens).

For output processing, GPT-4 Turbo ($30.00/1M tokens) is 125.0x more expensive than Nova Lite ($0.24/1M tokens).

In conclusion, GPT-4 Turbo is more expensive than Nova Lite.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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GPT-4 Turbo

Input tokens$10.00

Output tokens$30.00

Best providerAzure

Nova Lite

Input tokens$0.06

Output tokens$0.24

Best providerAWS Bedrock

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Nova Lite accepts 300,000 input tokens compared to GPT-4 Turbo's 128,000 tokens. GPT-4 Turbo can generate longer responses up to 4,096 tokens, while Nova Lite is limited to 2,048 tokens.

GPT-4 Turbo

Input128,000 tokens

Output4,096 tokens

Nova Lite

Input300,000 tokens

Output2,048 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs, whereas GPT-4 Turbo does not.

Nova Lite can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

GPT-4 Turbo

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Nova Lite

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

GPT-4 Turbo

Proprietary

Closed source

Nova Lite

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-4 Turbo was released on 2024-04-09, while Nova Lite was released on 2024-11-20.

Nova Lite is 8 months newer than GPT-4 Turbo.

GPT-4 Turbo

Apr 9, 2024

1.9 years ago

Nova Lite

Nov 20, 2024

1.3 years ago

7mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-4 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Nova Lite's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-4 Turbo's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Nova Lite's cutoff date.

GPT-4 Turbo

Dec 2023

Nova Lite

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Provider Availability

GPT-4 Turbo is available from Azure, OpenAI. Nova Lite is available from Bedrock. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.