Model comparison

Mistral Nemo vs Nova 2 Lite

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 5.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova 2 Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 1 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Nemo

Mistral AI

26.4

Rank #337 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Mistral Nemo scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 5 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 12.3.
Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Mistral Nemo and Nova 2 Lite specifications
	Mistral Nemo	Nova 2 Lite
Provider	Mistral AI	Amazon
Noometry Index	26.4	39.7
Released	2024-07-01	2025-12-01
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	128K	1M
Max output	128K	64K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$0.30
Output $ / M tokens	$0.15	$2.50
Results tracked	10	19

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Mistral Nemo: —, Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding	—	1385

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Nova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	27.6%	27.1%
BALROG	17.6%	—

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1364
DTBench	48.6%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	118.68	—
PIQA	83.5%	—

Math Nova 2 Lite leads

Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Math	—	1359
MATH Level 5	10.8%	—
GSM8K	84.2%	—

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Nova 2 Lite
GPQA Diamond	29.9%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	5.1%
LMArena Expert	—	1358
BoolQ	82.5%	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Mistral Nemo: —, Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Nova 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

Mistral Nemo: —, Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1335

Long Context Not comparable

Mistral Nemo: —, Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query	—	1335

Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads

Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Text	—	1362
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1291
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	881	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1338

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Nemo better than Nova 2 Lite?

Which is cheaper, Mistral Nemo or Nova 2 Lite?

Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Nemo and Nova 2 Lite share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Nemo has 10 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.