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Nova 2 Lite vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

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
Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle
Coding
19.1
Overall
16.1
Output $/M
$10.00
30
vs boards won of 30 shared

Decision reading

Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 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 4.0x less.

Model ANova 2 LiteAmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGemini 2.5 ProGoogle19.1/1003 independent benchmarks$0.64 per solved task
Shared results
30
Nova 2 Lite only
1
Gemini 2.5 Pro only
57
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, Gemini 2.5 Pro 19.1 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
General, 20.9 points apart on average over 17 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Japanese: Nova 2 Lite 1273 against Gemini 2.5 Pro 1461, 31.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova 2 Lite $2.50 against Gemini 2.5 Pro $10.00 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
Context window
Nova 2 Lite takes 1M tokens, Gemini 2.5 Pro 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 LiteBarsGemini 2.5 ProTies
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 Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGemini 2.5 ProLeader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured53.6%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1226Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
AA Coding Index23.033.3Gemini 2.5 Pro
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured54.4%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured0.4%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured80.1%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
SciCodeNot measured46.3%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured26.5%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Terminal-BenchNot measured32.6%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
GSO-BenchNot measured3.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
WeirdMLNot measured54.0%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
ALE-Bench236.3Not measuredOnly Nova 2 Lite measured
LMArena Text: coding13851452Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: software and IT13941459Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1235Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1285Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGemini 2.5 ProLeader
AA Intelligence Index13.416.1Gemini 2.5 Pro
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured145.1Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGemini 2.5 ProLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured1.6Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured54.1%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
GDPvalNot measured23.3%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
DeepResearch BenchNot measured41.5%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$574Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGemini 2.5 ProLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured84.4%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured22.5%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured85.3%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
ARC-AGINot measured41.0%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured4.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13641455Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: expert13591452Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13851453Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1274Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1281Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGemini 2.5 ProLeader
AA Math IndexNot measured87.7Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured87.7%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured84.7%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured24.6%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured0.0%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: math13591450Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: mathematical work13691454Gemini 2.5 Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGemini 2.5 ProLeader
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured63.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured60.8%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured68.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured50.6%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured86.2%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: science13821480Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13861476Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: legal and government13591480Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: business and finance13691439Gemini 2.5 Pro
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGemini 2.5 ProLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1167Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1140Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1111Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1221Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1080Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1152Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
General benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGemini 2.5 ProLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured41.9%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured73.5%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
IFBenchNot measured48.7%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured69.0%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
DTBenchNot measured82.4%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMCANot measured34.8%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured83.8%Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text13621458Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: instruction following13351437Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: creative writing12921454Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena VisionNot measured1263Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Text: English13851458Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: non-English13371452Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Chinese13641507Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: German13431487Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Japanese12731461Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Korean12811434Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: French13811473Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Spanish13751474Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Russian13421461Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: Polish13271479Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: multi-turn13381453Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: longer queries13351449Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: writing and language13181454Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13091441Gemini 2.5 Pro
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1261Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1300Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1270Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1262Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1304Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1283Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1265Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1421Only Gemini 2.5 Pro measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 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 Gemini 2.5 Pro
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGemini 2.5 ProLeader
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
Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.0063Fits in one request

Nova 2 Lite costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.022Fits in one request
Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.092Fits in one request

Nova 2 Lite costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.085Fits in one request
Gemini 2.5 Pro$0.350Fits 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 Gemini 2.5 Pro
SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 LiteGoogle Gemini 2.5 Pro
MakerAmazonGoogle
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025June 17, 2025
Context window1M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.30$1.25
Output $/Mtok$2.50$10.00
Coding indexNot benchmarked19.1
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.64
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova 2 Lite better than Gemini 2.5 Pro for coding?

Only Gemini 2.5 Pro has a coding score, 19.1 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 4.0x less.

Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 2.5 Pro only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova 2 Lite or Gemini 2.5 Pro?

Gemini 2.5 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks is the Nova 2 Lite vs Gemini 2.5 Pro 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 Gemini 2.5 Pro's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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