Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.8 to 32.5.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.