Nova 2 Lite vs WizardLM-2 8x22B

Nova 2 Lite at $0.345 in and $2.88 out and WizardLM-2 8x22B at $0.713 in and $0.713 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Nova 2 Lite

Amazon

0.4¢

for a client proposal

$0.345 in · $2.88 out / 1M

1M context · released December 2025

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WizardLM-2 8x22B

Microsoft

0.41¢

for a client proposal

$0.713 in · $0.713 out / 1M

66K context · released April 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.82¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Nova 2 Lite at $0.345 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: WizardLM-2 8x22B at $0.713 per million tokens.
Largest context: Nova 2 Lite at 1M tokens — about 1,400 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Nova 2 Lite

0.21¢

WizardLM-2 8x22B

0.18¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Nova 2 Lite

0.4¢

WizardLM-2 8x22B

0.41¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Nova 2 Lite

$0.06

WizardLM-2 8x22B

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Nova 2 Lite

1.5¢

WizardLM-2 8x22B

2.6¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Nova 2 Lite

$0.09

WizardLM-2 8x22B

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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80% Input20% Output

Nova 2 Lite

WizardLM-2 8x22B

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Nova 2 Lite

WizardLM-2 8x22B

Input / 1M tokens

$0.345

$0.713

Output / 1M tokens

$2.88

$0.713

Specs

Nova 2 Lite

WizardLM-2 8x22B

Provider

Amazon

Microsoft

Released

December 2025

April 2024

Context window

66K

Max output

66K

Input

Text, Images, Video, and Files

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Shows its thinking

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

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2024-04-30

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Nova 2 Lite

Amazon

0.21¢

for this task

32% input · 68% output

Full pricing →

WizardLM-2 8x22B

Microsoft

0.18¢

for this task

80% input · 20% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.39¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 1,278 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Nova 2 Lite has the largest context window here — 1M tokens.

On price, Nova 2 Lite is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.4¢.

For images or files, Nova 2 Lite can read them directly; WizardLM-2 8x22B is text-only.

If you want to watch the model think, Nova 2 Lite shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or WizardLM-2 8x22B?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Nova 2 Lite at 0.4¢; WizardLM-2 8x22B at 0.41¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Nova 2 Lite — 1M tokens, about 1,400 pages.

Can I run Nova 2 Lite and WizardLM-2 8x22B side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.82¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.82¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.