Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2 Lite leads 27.5 to 8.6.
- Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 16K | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 19 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1385 |
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Magistral Medium: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1364 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1359 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1358 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | 1381 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | 1373 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1335 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1338 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Magistral Medium or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Nova 2 Lite share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.