Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 4 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2 Lite leads 27.5 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 35.1 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1350 | 1385 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1364 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1339 | 1358 |
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Nova 2 Lite: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1391 | 1381 |
| LMArena German | 1353 | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1294 | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | 1373 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 1335 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 1338 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Nova 2 Lite share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.