Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nova 2 Lite leads 37.5 to 10.7.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 30 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1385 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1364 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1358 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Nova 2 Lite: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1381 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1373 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1335 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1338 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Nova 2 Lite share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.