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Nova 2 Lite vs DeepSeek V3.2

Updated October 21, 2026. 30 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

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Nova 2 LiteAmazon
Coding
No data
Overall
13.4
Output $/M
$2.50
0
DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek
Coding
30.0
Overall
21.5
Output $/M
$0.88
30
vs boards won of 30 shared

Decision reading

Only DeepSeek V3.2 has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova 2 Lite has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Nova 2 Lite has the edge where the context window is larger, 1M against 164K tokens.

Model ANova 2 LiteAmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BDeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek30.0/1003 independent benchmarks$0.99 per solved task
Shared results
30
Nova 2 Lite only
1
DeepSeek V3.2 only
45
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

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.

At a glance

Coding index
Nova 2 Lite not benchmarked, DeepSeek V3.2 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 13.9 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
AA Coding Index: Nova 2 Lite 23.0 against DeepSeek V3.2 44.2, 21.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova 2 Lite $2.50 against DeepSeek V3.2 $0.88 per million output tokens, 2.8x apart.
Context window
Nova 2 Lite takes 1M tokens, DeepSeek V3.2 164K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryNova 2 LiteBarsDeepSeek V3.2Ties
Coding03
Intelligence01
Reasoning03
Math02
Knowledge04
General017
All shared boards030
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2Leader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured70.0%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
SWE-bench MultilingualNot measured59.0%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1362Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
AA Coding Index23.044.2DeepSeek V3.2
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured80.7%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured67.6%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured5.1%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured86.2%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured35.6%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Terminal-BenchNot measured39.6%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
ALE-Bench236.3Not measuredOnly Nova 2 Lite measured
LMArena Text: coding13851453DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: software and IT13941449DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1350Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1371Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2Leader
AA Intelligence Index13.421.5DeepSeek V3.2
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured146.1Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2Leader
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured90.6%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured21.3%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$1,034Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured80.3%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured84.0%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured24.6%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
ARC-AGINot measured57.0%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured4.0%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13641434DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: expert13591436DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13851446DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2Leader
AIMENot measured84.6%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
AA Math IndexNot measured92.0Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured92.0%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text: math13591435DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: mathematical work13691440DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2Leader
MMLU ProNot measured84.9%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured76.1%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured55.4%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured51.0%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured68.2%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured93.9%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured86.2%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text: science13821446DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13861440DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: legal and government13591425DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: business and finance13691410DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2Leader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1175Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1149Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1131Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1158Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1133Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1164Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1032Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1082Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
General benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2Leader
IFBenchNot measured60.7%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured73.3%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
DTBenchNot measured85.6%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMCANot measured28.8%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CL-benchNot measured12.4%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CL-bench LifeNot measured7.4%Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text13621425DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: instruction following13351413DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: creative writing12921400DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: English13851439DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: non-English13371409DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Chinese13641455DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: German13431413DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Japanese12731374DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Korean12811370DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: French13811429DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Spanish13751424DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Russian13421424DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Polish13271419DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: multi-turn13381427DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: longer queries13351428DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: writing and language13181407DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13091395DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2Leader
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

Nova 2 Lite$0.0015Fits in one request
DeepSeek V3.2$0.0007Fits in one request

DeepSeek V3.2 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.022Fits in one request
DeepSeek V3.2$0.017Fits in one request

DeepSeek V3.2 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.085Fits in one request
DeepSeek V3.2$0.067Exceeds the context window

DeepSeek V3.2 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.

Specifications of Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V3.2
SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 LiteDeepSeek V3.2
MakerAmazonDeepSeek
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025December 1, 2025
Context window1M164K
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.29
Output $/Mtok$2.50$0.88
Coding indexNot benchmarked30.0
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.99
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova 2 Lite better than DeepSeek V3.2 for coding?

Only DeepSeek V3.2 has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova 2 Lite has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova 2 Lite has the edge where the context window is larger, 1M against 164K tokens.

Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or DeepSeek V3.2?

Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V3.2 costs $0.29 and $0.88. Cost per solved task is known for DeepSeek V3.2 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova 2 Lite or DeepSeek V3.2?

Nova 2 Lite, with 1M tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova 2 Lite vs DeepSeek V3.2 comparison based on?

30 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova 2 Lite's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and DeepSeek V3.2's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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