Nova Lite 1.0 vs Lyria 3 Clip Preview vs Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Nova Lite 1.0 at $0.069 in and $0.276 out, Lyria 3 Clip Preview at $0 in and $0 out, and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct at $0.058 in and $0.380 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Nova Lite 1.0

Amazon

0.06¢

for a client proposal

$0.069 in · $0.276 out / 1M

300K context · released December 2024

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Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Google

Free

for a client proposal

$0 in · $0 out / 1M

1.05M context · released 4 months ago

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Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

At a glance

Cheapest input: Lyria 3 Clip Preview at $0 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Lyria 3 Clip Preview at $0 per million tokens.
Largest context: Lyria 3 Clip Preview at 1.05M tokens — about 1,500 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 Lite 1.0

0.03¢

Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Free

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

0.03¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Nova Lite 1.0

0.06¢

Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Free

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

0.06¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Nova Lite 1.0

1.2¢

Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Free

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Nova Lite 1.0

0.27¢

Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Free

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

0.24¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Nova Lite 1.0

1.8¢

Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Free

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

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

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Nova Lite 1.0

Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

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

Pricing

Nova Lite 1.0

Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Input / 1M tokens

$0.069

$0.058

Output / 1M tokens

$0.276

$0.380

Specs

Nova Lite 1.0

Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Provider

Amazon

Google

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Nova Lite 1.0

Amazon

0.03¢

for this task

50% input · 50% output

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Lyria 3 Clip Preview

Google

Free

for this task

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Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Lyria 3 Clip Preview has the largest context window here — 1.05M tokens.

On price, Lyria 3 Clip Preview is the cheapest of the three on a typical task, at about free.

For images or files, Nova Lite 1.0 and Lyria 3 Clip Preview can read them directly; Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is text-only.

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

Nova Lite 1.0 pricing →Lyria 3 Clip Preview pricing →Llama 3.2 3B Instruct pricing →Try other combinations →

Questions, answered

Which is cheapest — Nova Lite 1.0, Lyria 3 Clip Preview, or Llama 3.2 3B Instruct?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Lyria 3 Clip Preview at free; Nova Lite 1.0 at 0.06¢; Llama 3.2 3B Instruct at 0.06¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Lyria 3 Clip Preview — 1.05M tokens, about 1,500 pages.

Can I run Nova Lite 1.0, Lyria 3 Clip Preview, and Llama 3.2 3B Instruct side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 3, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.12¢ for a typical task.

Ask all three at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.12¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.