Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Nova 2 Lite

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google

40.8

Rank #144 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 3 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 60.9 to 53.9.
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
ProviderGoogleAmazon
Noometry Index40.839.7
Released2026-03-032025-12-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.25$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$1.50$2.50
Results tracked3819

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding14001385
LMArena WebDev1256—
SciCode41.9%—
WeirdML52.2%—
ALE-Bench797.73—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%
DeepResearch Bench37.3%—

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts14071364
Kagi LLM Benchmark67.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)8.2%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles25%—
EnigmaEval3%—
Thematic Generalization63.3%—
DTBench76.8%—
LMCA35%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.47—
ForecastBench54.4—

Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Math14281359
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)27.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.2%5.1%
LMArena Expert13981358
GPQA Diamond81.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam8.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Nova 2 Lite: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Vision1240—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English14111337
LMArena Chinese14611364
LMArena French14241381
LMArena German14291343
LMArena Japanese14131271
LMArena Korean13921284
LMArena Russian14201343
LMArena Spanish14211373

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following13771335

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query13941335

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Flash LiteNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text14161362
LMArena Creative Writing14011291
LMArena Multi-Turn14171338

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Nova 2 Lite?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Nova 2 Lite?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite 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.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Nova 2 Lite share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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