Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Nova 2 Lite

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 7.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 7.2% for Gemma 3 1B and 27.1% for Nova 2 Lite.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1BNova 2 Lite
ProviderGoogleAmazon
Noometry Index21.139.7
Released2025-03-122025-12-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—64K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$2.50
Results tracked419

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding—1385

Agentic & Tool Use Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BNova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%27.1%

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BNova 2 Lite
Chess Puzzles0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1364

Math Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BNova 2 Lite
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
LMArena Math—1359

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BNova 2 Lite
GPQA Diamond19.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.1%
LMArena Expert—1358

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BNova 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 Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following—1335

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query—1335

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text—1362
LMArena Creative Writing—1291
LMArena Multi-Turn—1338

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Nova 2 Lite share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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