Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Nova 2 Lite

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs 4.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova 2 Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite

Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 4 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 32.5.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 36.9% for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and 27.1% for Nova 2 Lite.
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Nova 2 Lite specifications
	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
Provider	Google	Amazon
Noometry Index	37.0	39.7
Released	2025-06-17	2025-12-01
Weights	Proprietary	Proprietary
Context window	1.05M	1M
Max output	66K	64K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.10	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$0.40	$2.50
Results tracked	33	19

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding	1373	1385
WeirdML	35.2%	—
ALE-Bench	325.9	—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	36.9%	27.1%

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts	1377	1364
Kagi LLM Benchmark	40.5%	—
DTBench	62.8%	—
LMCA	18.1%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	133.94	—

Math Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Math	1373	1359
Omni-MATH	48%	—

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
Vectara Hallucination Rate	3.3%	5.1%
LMArena Expert	1373	1358
MMLU-Pro	53.7%	—
GPQA (HELM)	30.9%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Nova 2 Lite: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Vision	1198	—
VPCT	30%	—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English	1369	1337
LMArena Chinese	1404	1364
LMArena French	1388	1381
LMArena German	1389	1343
LMArena Japanese	1359	1271
LMArena Korean	1360	1284
LMArena Russian	1373	1343
LMArena Spanish	1396	1373

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following	1367	1335
IFEval	81%	—

Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query	1373	1335
Fiction.LiveBench	47.2%	—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Text	1379	1362
LMArena Creative Writing	1367	1291
LMArena Multi-Turn	1366	1338
WildBench	81.8%	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Nova 2 Lite?

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Nova 2 Lite?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Nova 2 Lite share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.