Model comparison
GPT-4.1 nano vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.8 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 nano scores higher in 1 category and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.2 to 23.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 25.9% for GPT-4.1 nano and 42.7% for Nova 2.0 Pro Preview.
Side by side
| GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 27.7 | 32.8 |
| Released | 2025-04-14 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 38 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 23.8 (#325), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.2 (#130)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 25.9% | 42.7% |
| Aider Polyglot | 8.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 19% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1306 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4.1 nano leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 26.3 (#98), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#127)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 33% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 8.6 (#344), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 33.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1286 | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.62 | — |
Math Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 25.5 (#246), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 28.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1274 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 21.8 (#268), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 48.9% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 55% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1272 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 28.6 (#108), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1063 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 41.8 (#200), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1270 | — |
| LMArena German | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1199 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 68.0 (#188), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.3% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1267 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 23.7 (#291), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 25% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1283 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 40.7 (#238), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1260 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 946 | — |
| WildBench | 81.2% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1277 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4.1 nano better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.8 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-4.1 nano or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.2 versus 23.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 nano and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 nano has 38 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.