Nova Micro 1.0 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Updated October 21, 2026. 11 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Nova Micro 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 2.9x less, and where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 11
- Nova Micro 1.0 only
- 28
- Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite only
- 17
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite leads, 10.4 against 5.9.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has a GPQA Diamond result, 70.2%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has a AIME result, 42.1%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has a MMLU Pro result, 79.1%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nova Micro 1.0
Nova Micro 1.0 $0.0001, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nova Micro 1.0 not benchmarked, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 47.3 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run): Nova Micro 1.0 6.0% against Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 53.3%, 47.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nova Micro 1.0 $0.14 against Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite $0.40 per million output tokens, 2.9x apart.
- Context window
- Nova Micro 1.0 takes 128K tokens, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 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.
| Category | Nova Micro 1.0 | Bars | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 11 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Nova Micro 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.4% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 14.0% | 59.3% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 1.5% | 4.5% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1218 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1215 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Micro 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 5.9 | 10.4 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 133.8 | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Micro 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 14.0% | 19.0% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Micro 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 70.2% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.4% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.8% | 62.5% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.6% | 6.8% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1191 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1183 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1203 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Micro 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 42.1% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.5% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| AA Math Index | 6.0 | 53.3 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.0% | 53.3% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| LMArena Text: math | 1206 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1212 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Micro 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 79.1% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.0% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.6% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.2% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.6% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 88.9% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 34.2% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 53.1% | 75.9% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| MMLU | 70.8% | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1210 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1207 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1221 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1182 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Micro 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Micro 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 30.8% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.8% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| IFBench | 29.4% | 49.9% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 13.0% | 55.7% | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
| DTBench | Not measured | 62.8% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 18.1% | Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured |
| LMArena Text | 1208 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1174 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1172 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1224 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1186 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1209 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1192 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1154 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1150 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1238 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1225 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1185 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1178 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1205 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1192 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1163 | Not measured | Only Nova Micro 1.0 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Micro 1.0 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Micro 1.0 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nova Micro 1.0 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Nova Micro 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.
| Specification | Amazon Nova Micro 1.0 | Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Amazon | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 5, 2024 | July 22, 2025 |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.035 | $0.10 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.14 | $0.40 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nova Micro 1.0 better than Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova Micro 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 2.9x less, and where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Nova Micro 1.0 or Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?
Nova Micro 1.0 costs $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs $0.10 and $0.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Nova Micro 1.0 or Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite?
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Nova Micro 1.0 vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite comparison based on?
11 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova Micro 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.