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Nova 2 Lite vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423

Updated October 21, 2026. 31 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace Nova 2 Lite Replace DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Nova 2 LiteAmazon
Coding
No data
Overall
13.4
Output $/M
$2.50
0
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek
Coding
38.7
Overall
30.4
Output $/M
$2.716
31
vs boards won of 31 shared

Decision reading

Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a coding score, 38.7 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 output tokens cost 1.1x less.

Model ANova 2 LiteAmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423DeepSeek38.7/1005 independent benchmarks$0.57 per solved task
Shared results
31
Nova 2 Lite only
0
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 only
52
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 V4 Pro 0423 38.7 from 5 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 22.1 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
AA Coding Index: Nova 2 Lite 23.0 against DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 59.4, 36.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova 2 Lite $2.50 against DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 $2.716 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
Context window
Nova 2 Lite takes 1M tokens, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 1.05M.

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 V4 Pro 0423Ties
Coding04
Intelligence01
Reasoning03
Math02
Knowledge04
General017
All shared boards031
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
Coding benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Leader
LMArena WebDevNot measured1447Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
AA Coding Index23.059.4DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured87.5%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured77.4%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured11.1%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured49.9%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured26.2%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured50.2%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured51.3%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
FrontierCodeNot measured17.6%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
WeirdMLNot measured48.9%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
ALE-Bench236.31006.1DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: coding13851470DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: software and IT13941469DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1441Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1435Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Leader
AA Intelligence Index13.430.4DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured149.1Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured26.3Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1000Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack appsNot measured948Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot gamesNot measured1059Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured44.1%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured25.2%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured23.1%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured51.6%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$3,285Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured89.4%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured90.9%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured19.0%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured17.0%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13641461DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: expert13591463DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13851466DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Leader
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured96.7%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured45.3%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured2.4%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
ProofBenchNot measured16.0%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LMArena Text: math13591443DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: mathematical work13691455DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
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 V4 Pro 0423
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Leader
MMLU ProNot measured87.3%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured80.3%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured59.4%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured61.4%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured72.1%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured40.5%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured47.0%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LMArena Text: science13821470DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13861466DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: legal and government13591464DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: business and finance13691443DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
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 V4 Pro 0423
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Leader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1235Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1222Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1229Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1202Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1254Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1240Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1140Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1148Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 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 V4 Pro 0423
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Leader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured62.9%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured75.1%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
DTBenchNot measured90.7%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LMCANot measured41.2%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured40.0%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
CL-bench LifeNot measured13.5%Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 measured
LMArena Text13621451DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: instruction following13351445DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: creative writing12921446DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: English13851459DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: non-English13371439DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Chinese13641481DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: German13431458DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Japanese12731446DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Korean12811409DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: French13811473DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Spanish13751457DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Russian13421453DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: Polish13271461DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: multi-turn13381468DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: longer queries13351458DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: writing and language13181447DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13091431DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
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 V4 Pro 0423
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423Leader
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 V4 Pro 0423$0.0026Fits in one request

Nova 2 Lite costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.022Fits in one request
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423$0.069Fits in one request

Nova 2 Lite costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.085Fits in one request
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423$0.272Fits in one request

Nova 2 Lite 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 V4 Pro 0423
SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 LiteDeepSeek V4 Pro 0423
MakerAmazonDeepSeek
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025April 24, 2026
Context window1M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.30$1.225
Output $/Mtok$2.50$2.716
Coding indexNot benchmarked38.7
Independent measurements behind it05
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.57
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova 2 Lite better than DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 for coding?

Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 has a coding score, 38.7 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 output tokens cost 1.1x less.

Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423?

Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 costs $1.225 and $2.716. Cost per solved task is known for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova 2 Lite or DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423?

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks is the Nova 2 Lite vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423 comparison based on?

31 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 V4 Pro 0423's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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