Nova 2 Lite vs Claude Haiku 5.5: scores, price and which to pick

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Our take

Claude Haiku 5.5 wins 4 of 4 categories and costs less: 4.7× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall044Best

Coding052Best

Writing024Best

Support034Best

Value-250Best

Input / 1M$0.33$0.10Best

Output / 1M$2.75$0.50Best

Blended / 1M$0.94$0.20Best

Context window1M1M

Open weightsNoNo

Released2 Dec 20257 Oct 2026

Your monthly bill

Tasks per month50k

Nova 2 Lite$187

Claude Haiku 5.5$40.00Cheapest

List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.