Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.1 vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic

41.0

Rank #142 Confirmed

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview Amazon

33.4

Rank #244 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Claude Opus 4.1 leads 35.0 to 21.9.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.1 and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview specifications
Claude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
ProviderAnthropicAmazon
Noometry Index41.033.4
Released2025-08-052025-12-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window200K—
Max output32K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$75—
Results tracked483

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.4 (#73), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
SWE-bench Verified73.3%—
LMArena WebDev1390—
SciCode—42.7%
WeirdML45.9%—
LMArena Coding1479—
ALE-Bench674.77—
AlgoTune1.34—

Agentic & Tool Use Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 35.0 (#41), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Terminal-Bench38%—
GDPval43.6%—
Cybench42%—
DeepResearch Bench48.3%—
GDP.pdf—2%
LMArena Search1148—
METR Time Horizons66.8%—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 32.2 (#76), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
SimpleBench60%—
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles7%—
EnigmaEval7.2%—
EBR-Bench7.9%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1443—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA37.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.12—
ForecastBench62—

Math Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 22.3 (#277), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)12.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.9%—
LMArena Math1431—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)7.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 42.0 (#101), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
GPQA Diamond77.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam11.5%—
Confabulations17.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.8%—
LMArena Expert1439—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 26.8 (#119), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
VPCT35%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 52.0 (#95), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Non-English1405—
LMArena Chinese1427—
LMArena French1431—
LMArena German1413—
LMArena Japanese1378—
LMArena Korean1380—
LMArena Russian1422—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 75.6 (#58), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Instruction Following1435—

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.5 (#63), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Longer Query1455—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 62.4 (#74), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Text1419—
LMArena Creative Writing1412—
Short-Story Creative Writing84.7%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1444—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.4 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.1 and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.1 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.

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