Nova Lite Max on LiveCodeBench: score, rank and what it means
Nova Lite Max scores 65.4 on LiveCodeBench, placing it #286 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on LiveCodeBench, with Nova Lite Max highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 2 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 5 | Grok 4 Turbo | xAI | 1000000 | $19.21 | 86.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 8 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On LiveCodeBench, Nova Lite Max sits at #286 of 600. The leader, Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning, scores 85.1, so the gap to the top is 19.7 points. The median model in this index scores 64.7, which puts Nova Lite Max above the midpoint.
Amazon models average 65.8 on this benchmark. Nova Lite Max is 0.4 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Amazon model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 70.3. Nova Lite Max is 4.9 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 65.4 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $9.79 per million input tokens, Nova Lite Max is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on LiveCodeBench. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Lite Turbo | Amazon | 8192 | $9.14 | 73.2 |
| Seed-OSS Base | ByteDance | 16384 | $3.14 | 72.2 |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Mini | Google DeepMind | 128000 | $10.07 | 74.2 |
| Gemma 3 | Google DeepMind | 65536 | $3.68 | 73.6 |
| Nova Lite Max | Amazon | 200000 | $9.79 | 73.4 |
| Seed-OSS Instruct | ByteDance | 128000 | $3.79 | 76.0 |
| Arctic Instruct | Snowflake | 65536 | $2.83 | 70.6 |
Other benchmarks for Nova Lite Max
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2 | 272 | 55th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 69.8 | 273 | 55th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 60.3 | 322 | 46th | |
| HumanEval | 80.2 | 227 | 62th | |
| MATH-500 | 79.7 | 216 | 64th | |
| AIME 2025 | 65.8 | 333 | 45th | |
| IFEval | 80.4 | 325 | 46th | |
| TruthfulQA | 75.1 | 330 | 45th | |
| HellaSwag | 83.8 | 288 | 52th | |
| MMMU | 69.5 | 318 | 47th | |
| Arena Elo | 1368.3 | 325 | 46th |
FAQ
What score does Nova Lite Max get on LiveCodeBench?
Nova Lite Max scores 65.4 on LiveCodeBench in this index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the top score is 85.1.
How does Nova Lite Max rank on LiveCodeBench?
It ranks #286 of 600 models, in the 52nd percentile. The leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Is Nova Lite Max good at LiveCodeBench?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the LiveCodeBench score calculated?
LiveCodeBench is a coding benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Nova Lite Max cost?
Nova Lite Max costs $9.79 per million input tokens and $35.24 per million output tokens.