Nova 2 Lite vs E5-Base-v2: side-by-side summary

Nova 2 Lite and E5-Base-v2 are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Nova 2 Lite, from Amazon, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

E5-Base-v2, from intfloat, has a 512-token context window and is priced at $0.005/M tokens on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Nova 2 Lite: 1,000,000 tokens
• E5-Base-v2: 512 tokens

Price

• Nova 2 Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
• E5-Base-v2: $0.005/M tokens

Provided by

• Nova 2 Lite: Amazon
• E5-Base-v2: intfloat

• Nova 2 Lite model details, providers and pricing
• E5-Base-v2 model details, providers and pricing