Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Nova 2 Lite

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.6

Rank #240 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 2 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2 Lite leads 27.5 to 10.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 50.5% for GPT-4.1 mini and 27.1% for Nova 2 Lite.
  • GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
  • GPT-4.1 mini accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
ProviderOpenAIAmazon
Noometry Index33.639.7
Released2025-04-142025-12-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1M
Max output33K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.40$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$1.60$2.50
Results tracked4719

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.6 (#293), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding13671385
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.3 (#55), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%27.1%

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.8 (#340), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts13491364
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 24.1 (#270), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
LMArena Math13431359
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#194), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
LMArena Expert13381358
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.1%
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.8 (#82), Nova 2 Lite: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.7 (#166), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English13181337
LMArena Chinese13291364
LMArena French13581381
LMArena German13511343
LMArena Japanese12901271
LMArena Korean12981284
LMArena Russian13241343
LMArena Spanish13191373

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.7 (#118), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following13331335
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#275), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query13441335
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.6 (#199), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniNova 2 Lite
LMArena Text13401362
LMArena Creative Writing13001291
LMArena Multi-Turn13541338
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 33.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4.1 mini or Nova 2 Lite?

GPT-4.1 mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-4.1 mini does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Nova 2 Lite share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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