Head to head
TE vs AM For light moderate heavy
Verdict · measured basis
Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.0001 per solved task against
Hy-MT2-1.8B at $0.0004 — ▼ 4.9x cheaper .
Over 200 tasks that is $0.07 a month.
On output token price alone Hy-MT2-1.8B looks 1.4x cheaper. The ranking reverses once you divide by pass rate — the cheaper tokens do not win the task.
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Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Hy-MT2-1.8B and Nova Lite 1.0 Figure Hy-MT2-1.8B Nova Lite 1.0 Input $/Mtok $0.044 $0.06 Output $/Mtok $0.177 $0.24 Cached input $/Mtok $0.044 $0.06 Pass rate 6% 47% Cost per solved task $0.0004 measured $0.0001 measured Cost per month $0.09 $0.02
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Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Nova Lite 1.0 (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Hy-MT2-1.8B (measured, $0.0004 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Nova Lite 1.0 · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Nova Lite 1.0 MEASURED Hy-MT2-1.8B · MEASURED · $0.0004 per solved task $0.09 Hy-MT2-1.8B MEASURED Monthly cost against tasks per month Log-log lines for Nova Lite 1.0 (measured, $0.0001 per solved task), Hy-MT2-1.8B (measured, $0.0004 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks. 10 100 1k 10k 100k $0.001 $0.01 $0.1 $1 $10 TASKS / MONTH (log) → 200 tasks Nova Lite 1.0 · MEASURED · $0.0001 per solved task $0.02 Hy-MT2-1.8B · MEASURED · $0.0004 per solved task $0.09 — Nova Lite 1.0 · MEASURED — Hy-MT2-1.8B · MEASURED Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.
Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings