Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2 Lite leads 27.5 to 12.3.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-15 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 45 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 34.2 (#241), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1294 | 1385 |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
| CadEval | 34% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 17.9 (#145), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
| TheAgentCompany | 3.4% | — |
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| BALROG | 21% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 12.3 (#338), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1296 | 1364 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 27.1% | — |
| DTBench | 59% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 89.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.4 | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 25.8 (#266), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1315 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 23.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 36.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70.4% | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 29.4 (#239), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1279 | 1358 |
| GPQA Diamond | 57.2% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 13.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.4% | — |
| MMLU | 86.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 36.8 (#77), Nova 2 Lite: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1161 | — |
| Video-MME | 75% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 45.3 (#174), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1312 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1331 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1302 | 1381 |
| LMArena German | 1286 | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1292 | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | 1320 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1311 | 1373 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 68.6 (#185), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1297 | 1335 |
| IFEval | 83.7% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 39.8 (#169), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1308 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024): 52.4 (#172), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1319 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1333 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1296 | 1338 |
| WildBench | 81.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) and Nova 2 Lite share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Pro (May 2024) has 45 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.