Model comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
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- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 28.0 to 21.9.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 33 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1373 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 325.9 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 36.9% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1377 | — |
| DTBench | 62.8% | — |
| LMCA | 18.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.94 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 48% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1373 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 53.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1373 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1198 | — |
| VPCT | 30% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1369 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1404 | — |
| LMArena French | 1388 | — |
| LMArena German | 1389 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1396 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 81% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1367 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 47.2% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1373 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1379 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1367 | — |
| WildBench | 81.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1366 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.