# Amazon Nova Lite vs GPT-5.2 Pro

> GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 550× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-gpt-5-2-pro
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 65.3 to 27.8.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $21 / $168 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
- GPT-5.2 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 300K.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 52.3 |
| Rank | 265 | 39 |
| Context | 300K | 400K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $21 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $168 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- GPT-5.2 Pro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 54.2% |
| SimpleBench | — | 57.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 90.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 155.4 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 31.3% |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- GPT-5.2 Pro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- GPT-5.2 Pro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- GPT-5.2 Pro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- GPT-5.2 Pro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- GPT-5.2 Pro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- GPT-5.2 Pro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.2 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GPT-5.2 Pro?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 550× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GPT-5.2 Pro?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro lists at $21 and $168.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 300K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and GPT-5.2 Pro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.2 Pro has 8.
