Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Nova 2 Lite

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 35.0.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
ProviderGoogleAmazon
Noometry Index37.839.7
Released2025-02-052025-12-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—64K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$2.50
Results tracked3219

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding13221385
LiveBench Coding47.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts13241364
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Math13091359
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Expert13051358
MMLU-Pro72%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.1%
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Nova 2 Lite: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English13231337
LMArena Chinese13391364
LMArena French13471381
LMArena German13061343
LMArena Japanese13011271
LMArena Korean13251284
LMArena Russian13281343
LMArena Spanish13131373

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following13051335
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query13201335

Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text13301362
LMArena Creative Writing13191291
LMArena Multi-Turn13071338
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Nova 2 Lite share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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