Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Nova 2 Lite in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 26.2.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1385 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1364 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1358 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Nova 2 Lite: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1381 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1373 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1335 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1338 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 33.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Nova 2 Lite share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.