Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova 2 Lite leads 53.9 to 24.0.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1385 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1364 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1359 |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1358 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1364 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1343 |
| LMArena French | — | 1381 |
| LMArena German | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1284 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1373 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1335 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1338 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Nova 2 Lite share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.