Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
o4-mini leads with 32.4% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite offers 2.0K more tokens in context window than o4-mini. Nova Lite is $5.20 cheaper per million tokens. Overall, o4-mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Amazon
Amazon Nova Lite was developed as a lightweight multimodal model, designed to provide efficient AI capabilities for text and image understanding. Built to serve cost-sensitive applications with quick response times, it represents Amazon's entry-level offering in the Nova family.
OpenAI
o4-mini was created as part of the next generation of OpenAI's reasoning models, designed to continue advancing the balance between analytical capability and operational efficiency. Built to bring cutting-edge reasoning techniques to applications requiring quick turnaround, it represents the evolution of compact reasoning-focused models.
4 months newer

Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20

o4-mini
OpenAI
2025-04-16
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Nova Lite

o4-mini
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Nova Lite

o4-mini
o4-mini
2024-05-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Nova Lite
Bedrock

o4-mini

Nova Lite

o4-mini

Nova Lite

o4-mini
OpenAI