Model comparison
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview vs StarCoder 2 3B
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#244); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.8 to 33.5.
- StarCoder 2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | StarCoder 2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 36.3 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2024-02-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 3 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133), StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | 2% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.76 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better than StarCoder 2 3B?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#244); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and StarCoder 2 3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.