Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Nova 2 Lite
Gemini 2.0 Pro and Nova 2 Lite score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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- The widest gap is in long context, where Nova 2 Lite leads 40.6 to 29.2.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 35.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1385 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | 0.7% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 60.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1364 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 68% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.06 | — |
| LiveBench | 65.1% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 71% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
| MATH Level 5 | 83.5% | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 65.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 18.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1358 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1364 |
| LMArena French | — | 1381 |
| LMArena German | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1373 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 83.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1335 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 41.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1338 |
| LiveBench Language | 44.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Nova 2 Lite?
Gemini 2.0 Pro and Nova 2 Lite score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Nova 2 Lite share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.