Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 15.4.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1385 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1364 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1358 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1364 |
| LMArena French | — | 1381 |
| LMArena German | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1373 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1335 |
Long Context Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Claude 2.1: —, Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1338 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 2.1 or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Nova 2 Lite share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.