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Nova Lite 1.0 vs Phi 4

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Nova Lite 1.0 costs 1.1× as much as Phi 4: $0.216 against $0.196 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Nova Lite 1.0Phi 4
Input, per 1M tokens$0.06$0.07
Output, per 1M tokens$0.24$0.14
Context window300K16K
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.0384$0.0434
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$0.216$0.196
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$0.60$0.63
Confidence signalnono
Tool callingyesno

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Phi 4 answers your requests as well as Nova Lite 1.0, moving that traffic saves 9% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Phi 4 does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

Nova Lite 1.0 profile · Phi 4 profile · Measure it on your traffic