gpt-oss-120b is 25.9× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Nova 2 Lite has the larger context window (1,000,000 vs 131,072 tokens, 7.6×). gpt-oss-120b is open-weights; the other is not.
Nova 2 Lite vs gpt-oss-120b
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Nova 2 Lite
Amazon · amazon__nova-2-lite-v1
gpt-oss-120bopen
OpenAI · openai__gpt-oss-120b
Identity
| Field | amazon__nova-2-lite-v1 | openai__gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | OpenAI |
| Slug | amazon__nova-2-lite-v1 | openai__gpt-oss-120b |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | — | openai/gpt-oss-120b |
Quality
| Field | amazon__nova-2-lite-v1 | openai__gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | — | — |
Cost
| Field | amazon__nova-2-lite-v1 | openai__gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.30 | $0.02 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | — | $0.02 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $2.50 | $0.09 |
Context
| Field | amazon__nova-2-lite-v1 | openai__gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 131,072 |
| Max output tokens | 65,535 | 65,536 |
Modalities
| Field | amazon__nova-2-lite-v1 | openai__gpt-oss-120b |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video, file | text |
| Output | text | text |