Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs o1-pro
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 42.5 to 29.3.
- Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $150 / $600 for o1-pro.
- Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | 2025-03-19 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 200K |
| Max output | 64K | 100K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $150 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $600 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 40.1 (#131), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1386 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 23.9 (#114), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 26.4 (#120), o1-pro: 20.2 (#223)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 23.3% |
| EnigmaEval | — | 6.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | — |
Math Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 34.8 (#154), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 42.5 (#88), o1-pro: 29.3 (#227)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1360 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 47.3 (#148), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | — |
| LMArena French | 1381 | — |
| LMArena German | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1372 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 70.7 (#156), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#145), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 54.1 (#150), o1-pro: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | o1-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than o1-pro?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or o1-pro?
Nova 2 Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; o1-pro lists at $150 and $600.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and o1-pro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and o1-pro has 3.