# Amazon Nova Micro vs Nova 2 Lite

> Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova 2 Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-nova-2-lite
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova 2 Lite leads 53.9 to 39.5.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
- Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 39.7 |
| Rank | 294 | 161 |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | $2.50 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295)
- Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1385 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132)
- Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | 27.1% |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294)
- Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1364 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254)
- Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1359 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237)
- Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1358 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239)
- Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1364 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1381 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1373 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272)
- Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229)
- Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1335 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247)
- Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1338 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova 2 Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Nova 2 Lite?

Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

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

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Nova 2 Lite share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.