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Nova Micro 1.0 vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 13× as much as Nova Micro 1.0: $1.60 against $0.126 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Nova Micro 1.0Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
Input, per 1M tokens$0.035$0.30
Output, per 1M tokens$0.14$2.50
Context window128K1.05M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.0224$0.205
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$0.126$1.60
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$0.35$3.65
Confidence signalnono
Tool callingyesyes
BANKING77, correct of 400not measured305

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Nova Micro 1.0 answers your requests as well as Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, moving that traffic saves 92% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Nova Micro 1.0 does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

Nova Micro 1.0 profile · Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite profile · Measure it on your traffic