Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Nova 2 Lite and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 36.1.
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1347 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1322 |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1305 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | 1308 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1343 | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | 1336 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | — |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1299 |
Long Context Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1309 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?
Nova 2 Lite and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.