Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.5 vs Nova 2 Lite

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.5 scores higher in 5 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2 Lite leads 27.5 to 13.9.

Side by side

GPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
ProviderOpenAIAmazon
Noometry Index37.239.7
Released2025-02-272025-12-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—64K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$2.50
Results tracked4219

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding13961385
Aider Polyglot44.9%—
WeirdML39.4%—
LiveBench Coding75.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%
Cybench17.5%—

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts14031364
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench34.5%—
ARC-AGI-110.3%—
EnigmaEval3.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning71.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis64.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.74—
ForecastBench61.7—
LiveBench69%—

Math Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Math14121359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
LiveBench Math69.3%—
MATH Level 578.6%—

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Expert13941358
GPQA Diamond68.7%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
Confabulations13.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71), Nova 2 Lite: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Vision1195—
VPCT45%—

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English14131337
LMArena Chinese14211364
LMArena French14181381
LMArena German14571343
LMArena Japanese14161271
LMArena Korean13921284
LMArena Russian14191343
LMArena Spanish—1373

Instruction Following GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following14041335
LiveBench Instruction Following72.3%—

Long Context Too close to call

GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query14061335
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkGPT-4.5Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Text14171362
LMArena Creative Writing13941291
LMArena Multi-Turn14441338
Short-Story Creative Writing75.6%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1258—
LiveBench Language61.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.5 better than Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.5 or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.5 and Nova 2 Lite share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.5 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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