Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 8.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova 2 Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
- Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1385 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1364 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1359 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1358 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Nova 2 Lite: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1381 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1373 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1338 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 8.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova 2 Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Nova 2 Lite?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Nova 2 Lite share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.