Nova 2 Lite vs Claude Haiku 5.5
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads Nova 2 Lite on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 43.4 to 13.4, and Claude Haiku 5.5 costs 5.0x less per output token ($0.50 vs $2.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 1 benchmarks have a result for both.
Nova 2 Lite or Claude Haiku 5.5: which to pick
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a coding score, 70.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova 2 Lite has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
- Shared results
- 1
- Nova 2 Lite only
- 30
- Claude Haiku 5.5 only
- 62
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Claude Haiku 5.5
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads, 43.4 against 13.4.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1263.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a Vals Index result, 58.7%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5
Nova 2 Lite $0.0015, Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nova 2 Lite not benchmarked, Claude Haiku 5.5 70.7 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 30.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AA Intelligence Index: Nova 2 Lite 13.4 against Claude Haiku 5.5 43.4, 30.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nova 2 Lite $2.50 against Claude Haiku 5.5 $0.50 per million output tokens, 5.0x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1M tokens.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Nova 2 Lite | Bars | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 1 |
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index20 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 91.4% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1586 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 23.0 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.4% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 90.4% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.6% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 2.5% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.3% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 20.4% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.5% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 55.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 46.4% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 43.8% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 236.3 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1385 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1394 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1605 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1569 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 9.2% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 13.4 | 43.4 | Claude Haiku 5.5 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 159.3 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 81.9% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 80.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 57.6% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 5.7% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.1% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.9% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.3% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.2% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 59.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.4% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 38.5% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 56.1% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $3,602 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 82.4% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 35.1% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 44.4% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 89.6% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 89.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 61.3% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 55.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 30.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 43.8% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1364 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1359 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1385 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 98.9% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 75.1% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 46.3% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 89.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1359 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1369 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.5% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 23.8% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1382 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1386 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1359 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1369 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1263 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1291 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1314 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1295 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1343 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1278 | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 83.1% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index26 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 58.7% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 53.1% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.2% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.8% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.5% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 82.7% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 95.0% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 51.1% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 47.5% | Only Claude Haiku 5.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1362 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1335 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1292 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1385 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1337 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1364 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1343 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1273 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1281 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1381 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1375 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1342 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1327 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1338 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1335 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1318 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1309 | Not measured | Only Nova 2 Lite measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Claude Haiku 5.5 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Claude Haiku 5.5 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Amazon Nova 2 Lite | Anthropic Claude Haiku 5.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Amazon | Anthropic |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 2, 2025 | October 7, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $0.10 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.50 | $0.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 70.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Claude Haiku 5.5 for coding?
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 has a coding score, 70.7 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova 2 Lite has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or Claude Haiku 5.5?
Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Claude Haiku 5.5 costs $0.10 and $0.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nova 2 Lite or Claude Haiku 5.5?
Neither: both take 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Nova 2 Lite vs Claude Haiku 5.5 comparison based on?
1 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova 2 Lite's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Claude Haiku 5.5's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.