Aya Vision 32B vs Magistral Medium vs Nova Lite
Nova Lite comes out ahead, 58 to 31 and 15 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
CohereAya Vision 32B
15/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context16K
Mistral AIMagistral Medium
31/100- ECI—
- Price$2.00 / $5.00
- Context128K
- Our pick
AmazonNova Lite
58/100- ECI—
- Price$0.06 / $0.24
- Context300K
Nova Lite is our pick
Nova Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Magistral Medium (31) and Aya Vision 32B (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceNova LiteNova Lite $0.105 · Magistral Medium $2.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Aya Vision 32B unpriced
- Longest contextNova LiteNova Lite 300,000 · Magistral Medium 128,000 · Aya Vision 32B 16,000 tokens
- Widest inputsNova LiteAya Vision 32B: Text, Images · Magistral Medium: Text · Nova Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Video
- Self-hostingAya Vision 32BPublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
| Measure | Weight | Aya Vision 32B | Magistral Medium | Nova Lite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 25 | 35 | 70 |
| Context window | 40% | 0 | 24 | 39 |
| Overall | 100% | 15/100 | 31/100 | 58/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Aya Vision 32BCohere | Magistral MediumMistral AI | Nova LiteAmazon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | — | $2.00 | $0.06 (best) |
| Output | — | $5.00 | $0.24 (best) |
| Cached input | — | — | $0.015 |
| Blended (3:1) | — | $2.75 | $0.105 (best) |
| Long-context rate | — | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | — | Official Mistral API | Official Amazon Bedrock API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 16,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens | 300,000 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 4,000 tokens | 16,384 tokens (best) | 10,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | Yes |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | No | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenCC-BY-NC-4.0 | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | c4ai-aya-vision-32b | magistral-medium-latest | amazon.nova-lite-v1:0 |
| API providers | 1 | 4 (best) | 3 |
| Released | Mar 4, 2025 | Mar 17, 2025 | Dec 3, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Jun 2025 | Oct 2024 |
What would a month cost?
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- Aya Vision 32B—
- Magistral Medium$30.00
- Nova Lite$1.08
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Aya Vision 32B, Magistral Medium or Nova Lite?
Nova Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against Magistral Medium (31) and Aya Vision 32B (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Aya Vision 32B, Magistral Medium or Nova Lite?
Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 input / $0.24 output per million tokens (official Amazon Bedrock API price). Magistral Medium costs $2.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.105 per million tokens for Nova Lite versus $2.75 for Magistral Medium (26× as much). Aya Vision 32B has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Aya Vision 32B has not been scored yet, Magistral Medium has not been scored yet and Nova Lite has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Aya Vision 32B, Magistral Medium and Nova Lite yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Aya Vision 32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Lite has the largest context window at 300,000 tokens, against 128,000 for Magistral Medium and 16,000 for Aya Vision 32B. Maximum output per response: Aya Vision 32B up to 4,000, Magistral Medium up to 16,384, Nova Lite up to 10,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Aya Vision 32B accepts text and images; Magistral Medium accepts text; Nova Lite accepts text, images, PDFs and video. Nova Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Aya Vision 32B publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) and can be self-hosted; Magistral Medium and Nova Lite is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Magistral Medium is the newest, released Mar 17, 2025. Aya Vision 32B came out Mar 4, 2025; Nova Lite came out Dec 3, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Magistral Medium Jun 2025, Nova Lite Oct 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
