Nova Lite 1.0 vs Phi 4

Nova Lite 1.0 at $0.069 in and $0.276 out and Phi 4 at $0.081 in and $0.161 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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Phi 4

Microsoft

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.081 in · $0.161 out / 1M

16K context · released January 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.11¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Nova Lite 1.0 at $0.069 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Phi 4 at $0.161 per million tokens.
Largest context: Nova Lite 1.0 at 300K tokens — about 430 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¢

Phi 4

0.02¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Nova Lite 1.0

0.06¢

Phi 4

0.05¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Nova Lite 1.0

1.2¢

Phi 4

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Nova Lite 1.0

0.27¢

Phi 4

needs 35K ctx

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Nova Lite 1.0

1.8¢

Phi 4

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 Lite 1.0

Phi 4

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

Pricing

Nova Lite 1.0

Phi 4

Input / 1M tokens

$0.069

$0.081

Output / 1M tokens

$0.276

$0.161

Specs

Nova Lite 1.0

Phi 4

Provider

Amazon

Microsoft

Released

December 2024

January 2025

Context window

300K

16K

Max output

16K

Input

Text and Images

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2024-10-31

2024-06-30

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

Full pricing →

Phi 4

Microsoft

0.02¢

for this task

67% input · 33% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.05¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 9,661 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Nova Lite 1.0 has the largest context window here — 300K tokens.

On price, Phi 4 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.05¢.

For images or files, Nova Lite 1.0 can read them directly; Phi 4 is text-only.

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 Lite 1.0 or Phi 4?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Phi 4 at 0.05¢; Nova Lite 1.0 at 0.06¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Nova Lite 1.0 — 300K tokens, about 430 pages.

Can I run Nova Lite 1.0 and Phi 4 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 0.11¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.11¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.