Nova Lite 1.0 vs GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini
Updated October 21, 2026. 11 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Nova Lite 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 8.3x less, and where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 11
- Nova Lite 1.0 only
- 30
- GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini only
- 11
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini leads, 20.4 against 6.7.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini has a Design Arena: websites result, 1111.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini takes 400K tokens against 300K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nova Lite 1.0
Nova Lite 1.0 $0.0002, GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini $0.0013 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nova Lite 1.0 not benchmarked, GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 84.7 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AA Math Index: Nova Lite 1.0 7.0 against GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini 91.7, 84.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nova Lite 1.0 $0.24 against GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini $2.00 per million output tokens, 8.3x apart.
- Context window
- Nova Lite 1.0 takes 300K tokens, GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini 400K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Nova Lite 1.0 | Bars | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 11 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Nova Lite 1.0 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1244 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 16.7% | 83.6% | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 0.8% | 33.3% | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 61.6% | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1239 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1241 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1253 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Lite 1.0 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 6.7 | 20.4 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Lite 1.0 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 17.5% | 62.9% | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Lite 1.0 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 43.3% | 81.3% | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.3% | 18.5% | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1220 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1201 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1226 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Lite 1.0 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 7.0 | 91.7 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 7.0% | 91.7% | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| LMArena Text: math | 1227 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1235 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Lite 1.0 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 59.0% | 82.0% | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| MMLU | 77.0% | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1232 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1213 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1238 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1219 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Lite 1.0 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1111 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1081 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1092 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1096 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 988 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1094 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 978 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1104 | Only GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Lite 1.0 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 34.1% | 67.9% | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 19.0% | 66.7% | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
| LMArena Text | 1229 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1205 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1197 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Vision | 990 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1243 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1208 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1225 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1229 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1153 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1153 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1238 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1226 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1216 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1199 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1234 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1211 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1176 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 999 | Not measured | Only Nova Lite 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Lite 1.0 | GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nova Lite 1.0 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nova Lite 1.0 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Nova Lite 1.0 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | OpenAI GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Amazon | OpenAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 5, 2024 | November 13, 2025 |
| Context window | 300K | 400K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.06 | $0.25 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.24 | $2.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nova Lite 1.0 better than GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova Lite 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 8.3x less, and where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Nova Lite 1.0 or GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini?
Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini costs $0.25 and $2.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nova Lite 1.0 or GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini?
GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini, with 400K tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks is the Nova Lite 1.0 vs GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini comparison based on?
11 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova Lite 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.