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Nova Lite 1.0 vs gpt-oss-120b

gpt-oss-120b leads Nova Lite 1.0 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 11.6 to 6.7, and Nova Lite 1.0 costs 2.1x less per output token ($0.24 vs $0.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 38 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Nova Lite 1.0 Replace gpt-oss-120b
Nova Lite 1.0Amazon
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.24
0
gpt-oss-120bOpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
50.0
Output $/M
$0.50
38
vs boards won of 38 shared

Nova Lite 1.0 or gpt-oss-120b: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Nova Lite 1.0 for output tokens 2.1x cheaper ($0.24 vs $0.50 per million) and a larger context window (300K against 131K tokens).

Model ANova Lite 1.0AmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel Bgpt-oss-120bOpenAINot benchmarked1 independent benchmark$0.51 per solved task
Shared results
38
Nova Lite 1.0 only
3
gpt-oss-120b only
43
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

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.

At a glance

Coding index
Nova Lite 1.0 not benchmarked, gpt-oss-120b not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 56.3 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run): Nova Lite 1.0 7.0% against gpt-oss-120b 93.4%, 86.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova Lite 1.0 $0.24 against gpt-oss-120b $0.50 per million output tokens, 2.1x apart.
Context window
Nova Lite 1.0 takes 300K tokens, gpt-oss-120b 131K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryNova Lite 1.0Barsgpt-oss-120bTies
Coding04
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math04
Knowledge05
General018
All shared boards038
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
Coding benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0gpt-oss-120bLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured41.8%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured26.0%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured30.4Only gpt-oss-120b measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured83.2%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured33.6%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)16.7%87.8%gpt-oss-120b
SciCodeNot measured34.0%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)0.8%23.5%gpt-oss-120b
Terminal-BenchNot measured18.7%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
WeirdMLNot measured48.2%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
ALE-BenchNot measured575.6Only gpt-oss-120b measured
LMArena Text: coding12391379gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: software and IT12411387gpt-oss-120b
SciCodeNot measured7.7%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0gpt-oss-120bLeader
AA Intelligence Index6.711.6gpt-oss-120b
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured139.8Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0gpt-oss-120bLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured3.7Only gpt-oss-120b measured
τ²-Bench Telecom17.5%65.8%gpt-oss-120b
APEX-AgentsNot measured4.4%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
METR time horizonsNot measured56.6%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured-$22Only gpt-oss-120b measured
BrowseComp-PlusNot measured67.0%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0gpt-oss-120bLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured78.5%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)43.3%78.2%gpt-oss-120b
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.3%19.6%gpt-oss-120b
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured75.8%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
SimpleBenchNot measured22.1%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured2.0%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12201364gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: expert12011356gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12261368gpt-oss-120b
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured58.6%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0gpt-oss-120bLeader
AIMENot measured92.6%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured94.8%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured92.0%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
AA Math Index7.093.4gpt-oss-120b
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)7.0%93.4%gpt-oss-120b
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured88.9%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
LMArena Text: math12271389gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: mathematical work12351386gpt-oss-120b
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0gpt-oss-120bLeader
MMLU ProNot measured79.2%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured75.9%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured48.8%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured58.2%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured71.6%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured91.4%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)59.0%80.8%gpt-oss-120b
MMLU77.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: science12321382gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12131388gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: legal and government12381355gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: business and finance12191359gpt-oss-120b
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0gpt-oss-120bLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured968Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured927Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured992Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured987Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured901Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured963Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
General benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0gpt-oss-120bLeader
IFBench34.1%69.0%gpt-oss-120b
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)19.0%52.0%gpt-oss-120b
DTBenchNot measured76.3%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
LMCANot measured22.1%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured44.4%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured77.1%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured25.0%Only gpt-oss-120b measured
LMArena Text12291366gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: instruction following12051318gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: creative writing11971274gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Vision990Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: English12431375gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: non-English12081351gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: Chinese12251385gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: German12291353gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: Japanese11531331gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: Korean11531282gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: French12381370gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: Spanish12261389gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: Russian12161343gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1353Only gpt-oss-120b measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn11991340gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: longer queries12341319gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: writing and language12111306gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Text: entertainment and media11761292gpt-oss-120b
LMArena Vision: English999Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0gpt-oss-120bLeader
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$0.0002Fits in one request
gpt-oss-120b$0.0003Fits in one request

Nova Lite 1.0 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova Lite 1.0$0.0037Fits in one request
gpt-oss-120b$0.0065Fits in one request

Nova Lite 1.0 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova Lite 1.0$0.014Fits in one request
gpt-oss-120b$0.025Exceeds the context window

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.

Specifications of Nova Lite 1.0 and gpt-oss-120b
SpecificationAmazon Nova Lite 1.0OpenAI gpt-oss-120b
MakerAmazonOpenAI
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 5, 2024August 5, 2025
Context window300K131K
Input $/Mtok$0.06$0.10
Output $/Mtok$0.24$0.50
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it01
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.51
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova Lite 1.0 better than gpt-oss-120b for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nova Lite 1.0 for output tokens 2.1x cheaper ($0.24 vs $0.50 per million) and a larger context window (300K against 131K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Nova Lite 1.0 or gpt-oss-120b?

Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; gpt-oss-120b costs $0.10 and $0.50. Cost per solved task is known for gpt-oss-120b only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova Lite 1.0 or gpt-oss-120b?

Nova Lite 1.0, with 300K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova Lite 1.0 vs gpt-oss-120b comparison based on?

38 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-oss-120b's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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