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Nova 2 Lite vs GPT-5

GPT-5 leads Nova 2 Lite on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 23.0 to 13.4, and Nova 2 Lite costs 4.0x less per output token ($2.50 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 31 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Nova 2 Lite Replace GPT-5
Nova 2 LiteAmazon
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.50
0
GPT-5OpenAI
Coding
38.8
Overall
51.5
Output $/M
$10.00
31
vs boards won of 31 shared

Nova 2 Lite or GPT-5: which to pick

Only GPT-5 has a coding score, 38.8 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova 2 Lite has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Nova 2 Lite for output tokens 4.0x cheaper ($2.50 vs $10.00 per million) and a larger context window (1M against 400K tokens).

Model ANova 2 LiteAmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BGPT-5OpenAI38.8/1003 independent benchmarks$0.39 per solved task
Shared results
31
Nova 2 Lite only
0
GPT-5 only
82
Like-for-like categories
6 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.

At a glance

Coding index
Nova 2 Lite not benchmarked, GPT-5 38.8 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 11.7 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Japanese: Nova 2 Lite 1273 against GPT-5 1409, 22.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova 2 Lite $2.50 against GPT-5 $10.00 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
Context window
Nova 2 Lite takes 1M tokens, GPT-5 400K.

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 LiteBarsGPT-5Ties
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 GPT-5
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGPT-5Leader
Aider polyglotNot measured88.0%Only GPT-5 measured
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured74.4%Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1418Only GPT-5 measured
AA Coding Index23.037.8GPT-5
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured85.9%Only GPT-5 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured69.0%Only GPT-5 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured20.1%Only GPT-5 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured84.6%Only GPT-5 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured37.9%Only GPT-5 measured
Terminal-BenchNot measured49.6%Only GPT-5 measured
GSO-BenchNot measured6.9%Only GPT-5 measured
WeirdMLNot measured60.7%Only GPT-5 measured
ALE-Bench236.3807.6GPT-5
LMArena Text: coding13851436GPT-5
LMArena Text: software and IT13941420GPT-5
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1427Only GPT-5 measured
SciCodeNot measured0.0%Only GPT-5 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 GPT-5
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGPT-5Leader
AA Intelligence Index13.423.0GPT-5
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured150.0Only GPT-5 measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and GPT-5
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGPT-5Leader
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured86.5%Only GPT-5 measured
METR time horizonsNot measured69.6%Only GPT-5 measured
Remote Labor IndexNot measured1.7%Only GPT-5 measured
GDPvalNot measured34.8%Only GPT-5 measured
BALROGNot measured32.8%Only GPT-5 measured
DeepResearch BenchNot measured49.6%Only GPT-5 measured
BrowseComp-PlusNot measured80.0%Only GPT-5 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 GPT-5
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGPT-5Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured85.6%Only GPT-5 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured81.5%Only GPT-5 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured85.4%Only GPT-5 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured28.5%Only GPT-5 measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured86.2%Only GPT-5 measured
ARC-AGINot measured65.7%Only GPT-5 measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured9.9%Only GPT-5 measured
SimpleBenchNot measured56.7%Only GPT-5 measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured36.0%Only GPT-5 measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured23.0%Only GPT-5 measured
EBR-benchNot measured12.7%Only GPT-5 measured
VPCTNot measured66.0%Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13641415GPT-5
LMArena Text: expert13591419GPT-5
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13851419GPT-5
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1252Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1278Only GPT-5 measured
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured72.7%Only GPT-5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and GPT-5
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGPT-5Leader
AIMENot measured93.4%Only GPT-5 measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured96.0%Only GPT-5 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured92.8%Only GPT-5 measured
AA Math IndexNot measured94.3Only GPT-5 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured94.3%Only GPT-5 measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured91.4%Only GPT-5 measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured55.4%Only GPT-5 measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured22.0%Only GPT-5 measured
ProofBenchNot measured18.0%Only GPT-5 measured
MATH level 5Not measured98.1%Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Text: math13591407GPT-5
LMArena Text: mathematical work13691405GPT-5
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and GPT-5
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGPT-5Leader
MMLU ProNot measured86.5%Only GPT-5 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only GPT-5 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured66.5%Only GPT-5 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured61.1%Only GPT-5 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured73.4%Only GPT-5 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only GPT-5 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured96.3%Only GPT-5 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured49.6%Only GPT-5 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured87.1%Only GPT-5 measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured50.1%Only GPT-5 measured
GeoBenchNot measured81.0%Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Text: science13821416GPT-5
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13861413GPT-5
LMArena Text: legal and government13591431GPT-5
LMArena Text: business and finance13691400GPT-5
FACTS Benchmark SuiteNot measured56.5%Only GPT-5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 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 GPT-5
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGPT-5Leader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1184Only GPT-5 measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1180Only GPT-5 measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1185Only GPT-5 measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1221Only GPT-5 measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1056Only GPT-5 measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1168Only GPT-5 measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1189Only GPT-5 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1141Only GPT-5 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 GPT-5
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGPT-5Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured43.7%Only GPT-5 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured83.7%Only GPT-5 measured
IFBenchNot measured73.1%Only GPT-5 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured78.2%Only GPT-5 measured
DTBenchNot measured90.7%Only GPT-5 measured
LMCANot measured40.0%Only GPT-5 measured
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured97.2%Only GPT-5 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured86.0%Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Text13621406GPT-5
LMArena Text: instruction following13351388GPT-5
LMArena Text: creative writing12921365GPT-5
LMArena VisionNot measured1232Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Text: English13851409GPT-5
LMArena Text: non-English13371397GPT-5
LMArena Text: Chinese13641422GPT-5
LMArena Text: German13431416GPT-5
LMArena Text: Japanese12731409GPT-5
LMArena Text: Korean12811360GPT-5
LMArena Text: French13811409GPT-5
LMArena Text: Spanish13751399GPT-5
LMArena Text: Russian13421407GPT-5
LMArena Text: Polish13271431GPT-5
LMArena Text: multi-turn13381426GPT-5
LMArena Text: longer queries13351399GPT-5
LMArena Text: writing and language13181384GPT-5
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13091379GPT-5
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1231Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1267Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1246Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1219Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1212Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1263Only GPT-5 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1210Only GPT-5 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 GPT-5
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteGPT-5Leader
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
GPT-5$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
GPT-5$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
GPT-5$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 GPT-5
SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 LiteOpenAI GPT-5
MakerAmazonOpenAI
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025August 7, 2025
Context window1M400K
Input $/Mtok$0.30$1.25
Output $/Mtok$2.50$10.00
Coding indexNot benchmarked38.8
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.39
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova 2 Lite better than GPT-5 for coding?

Only GPT-5 has a coding score, 38.8 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova 2 Lite has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nova 2 Lite for output tokens 4.0x cheaper ($2.50 vs $10.00 per million) and a larger context window (1M against 400K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or GPT-5?

Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5 costs $1.25 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for GPT-5 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova 2 Lite or GPT-5?

Nova 2 Lite, with 1M tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova 2 Lite vs GPT-5 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 GPT-5's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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