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Nova Lite 1.0 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5

Updated October 21, 2026. 28 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 Lite 1.0Amazon
Coding
No data
Overall
6.7
Output $/M
$0.24
0
Claude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic
Coding
39.5
Overall
20.7
Output $/M
$15.00
28
vs boards won of 28 shared

Decision reading

Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a coding score, 39.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Lite 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Nova Lite 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 62.5x less.

Model ANova Lite 1.0AmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BClaude Sonnet 4.5Anthropic39.5/1003 independent benchmarks$1.16 per solved task
Shared results
28
Nova Lite 1.0 only
13
Claude Sonnet 4.5 only
64
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 Lite 1.0 not benchmarked, Claude Sonnet 4.5 39.5 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Reasoning, 42.7 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: expert: Nova Lite 1.0 1201 against Claude Sonnet 4.5 1483, 46.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova Lite 1.0 $0.24 against Claude Sonnet 4.5 $15.00 per million output tokens, 62.5x apart.
Context window
Nova Lite 1.0 takes 300K tokens, Claude Sonnet 4.5 1M.

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 Lite 1.0BarsClaude Sonnet 4.5Ties
Coding02
Intelligence01
Reasoning03
Math02
Knowledge04
General016
All shared boards028
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
Coding benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Claude Sonnet 4.5Leader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured74.8%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
SWE-bench MultilingualNot measured67.0%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1394Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured52.1Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured73.0%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured70.0%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured22.6%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)16.7%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)0.8%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
Terminal-BenchNot measured46.5%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
GSO-BenchNot measured14.7%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
WeirdMLNot measured47.7%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
CybenchNot measured60.0%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LMArena Text: coding12391488Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: software and IT12411473Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1386Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1399Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 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 Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Claude Sonnet 4.5Leader
AA Intelligence Index6.720.7Claude Sonnet 4.5
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured146.7Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Claude Sonnet 4.5Leader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured15.8Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1059Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack appsNot measured1050Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile appsNot measured1137Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom17.5%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
METR time horizonsNot measured67.4%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Remote Labor IndexNot measured2.1%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
GDPvalNot measured42.5%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
DeepResearch BenchNot measured52.6%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
OSWorldNot measured62.9%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$3,839Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Claude Sonnet 4.5Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured81.6%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured79.3%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)43.3%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.3%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured82.3%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
ARC-AGINot measured63.7%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured13.6%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
SimpleBenchNot measured54.3%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured10.0%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured17.0%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
EBR-benchNot measured2.4%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
VPCTNot measured39.8%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12201462Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: expert12011483Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12261471Claude Sonnet 4.5
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Claude Sonnet 4.5Leader
AIMENot measured88.2%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured94.3%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
AA Math Index7.0Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)7.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured77.8%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured23.9%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
FrontierMath, tier 4Not measured2.4%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
ProofBenchNot measured19.0%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
MATH level 5Not measured97.7%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LMArena Text: math12271449Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: mathematical work12351462Claude Sonnet 4.5
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Claude Sonnet 4.5Leader
MMLU ProNot measured87.4%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured84.1%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured62.2%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured62.0%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured73.3%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured64.0%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured94.7%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured44.1%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)59.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured30.7%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
MMLU77.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: science12321448Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12131444Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: legal and government12381451Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: business and finance12191440Claude Sonnet 4.5
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 Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Claude Sonnet 4.5Leader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1190Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1173Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1166Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1167Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1158Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1183Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1115Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1204Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index016
General benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Claude Sonnet 4.5Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured36.1%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured84.5%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
IFBench34.1%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)19.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
DTBenchNot measured83.2%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LMCANot measured38.8%Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LMArena Text12291438Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: instruction following12051459Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: creative writing11971442Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Vision990Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: English12431450Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: non-English12081425Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: Chinese12251460Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: German12291427Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: Japanese11531390Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: Korean11531402Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: French12381459Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: Spanish12261458Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: Russian12161437Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1423Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn11991465Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: longer queries12341475Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: writing and language12111442Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Text: entertainment and media11761428Claude Sonnet 4.5
LMArena Vision: English999Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1450Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 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
Image generation benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Claude Sonnet 4.5Leader
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 Lite 1.0$0.0002Fits in one request
Claude Sonnet 4.5$0.011Fits in one request

Nova Lite 1.0 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova Lite 1.0$0.0037Fits in one request
Claude Sonnet 4.5$0.195Fits in one request

Nova Lite 1.0 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova Lite 1.0$0.014Fits in one request
Claude Sonnet 4.5$0.750Fits in one request

Nova Lite 1.0 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 Lite 1.0 and Claude Sonnet 4.5
SpecificationAmazon Nova Lite 1.0Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5
MakerAmazonAnthropic
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedDecember 5, 2024September 29, 2025
Context window300K1M
Input $/Mtok$0.06$3.00
Output $/Mtok$0.24$15.00
Coding indexNot benchmarked39.5
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.16
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova Lite 1.0 better than Claude Sonnet 4.5 for coding?

Only Claude Sonnet 4.5 has a coding score, 39.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Lite 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova Lite 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 62.5x less.

Which is cheaper, Nova Lite 1.0 or Claude Sonnet 4.5?

Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Claude Sonnet 4.5 costs $3.00 and $15.00. Cost per solved task is known for Claude Sonnet 4.5 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova Lite 1.0 or Claude Sonnet 4.5?

Claude Sonnet 4.5, with 1M tokens against 300K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova Lite 1.0 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 comparison based on?

28 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova Lite 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Claude Sonnet 4.5's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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