Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4.1 leads with 16.3% higher average benchmark score. Nova 2 Lite offers 773.1K more tokens in context window than Claude Opus 4.1. Nova 2 Lite is $89.60 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4.1 is available on 3 providers. Overall, Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.1, released by Anthropic in August 2025, is a large language model from the Claude 4 family optimized for demanding reasoning, multi-step coding, and extended analysis tasks. It features a 200K token context window, 32K maximum output tokens, native image understanding, and extended thinking capabilities. Opus 4.1 targets complex problem-solving, multi-turn reasoning workflows, and applications requiring deep analysis with integrated tool use.
Amazon
Amazon Nova 2 Lite, released by Amazon Web Services on December 2, 2025, is a fast, cost-efficient reasoning model available on Amazon Bedrock with a 1M token context window enabling extended document, video, and image analysis. It features three extended thinking intensity levels, built-in code interpreter, web grounding tools, and native support for text, image, video, and document input. Nova 2 Lite targets cost-sensitive agentic applications, document analysis pipelines, and real-time workloads requiring multimodal reasoning.
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Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
2025-08-05

Nova 2 Lite
Amazon
2025-12-02
Cost per million tokens (USD)
Claude Opus 4.1
Nova 2 Lite
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
Claude Opus 4.1
Nova 2 Lite
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
Claude Opus 4.1
Nova 2 Lite
Claude Opus 4.1
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Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Opus 4.1
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Google Cloud Vertex AI
Nova 2 Lite
Claude Opus 4.1
Nova 2 Lite
Claude Opus 4.1
Nova 2 Lite
AWS Bedrock