# Gemini 3 Deep Think vs Nova 2 Lite

> Nova 2 Lite has enough public results to be ranked (#161); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-deep-think-vs-nova-2-lite
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.2 to 27.5.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 58.3 | 39.7 |
| Rank | — | 161 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.50 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1385 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14)
- Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96% | — |
| CritPt | 25.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1364 |

## Math

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1358 |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1364 |
| LMArena French | — | 1381 |
| LMArena German | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1284 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1373 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1335 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1335 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 3 Deep Think: —
- Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1338 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite has enough public results to be ranked (#161); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and Nova 2 Lite share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.