Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova 2 Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova 2 Lite leads 53.9 to 39.5.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
- Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1385 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1364 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1359 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1358 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1381 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1373 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1338 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 14× 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 Micro or Nova 2 Lite?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Nova 2 Lite share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.