Nova Lite Max on SWE-bench Verified: score, rank and what it means
Nova Lite Max scores 60.3 on SWE-bench Verified, placing it #322 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 57.5 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 81.7.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on SWE-bench Verified, with Nova Lite Max highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 2 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 4 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $19.90 | 87.2 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 7 | o4 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.51 | 86.2 |
| 8 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 10 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
What this score means
On SWE-bench Verified, Nova Lite Max sits at #322 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 81.7, so the gap to the top is 21.4 points. The median model in this index scores 61.0, which puts Nova Lite Max below the midpoint.
Amazon models average 61.4 on this benchmark. Nova Lite Max is 1.1 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Amazon model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 66.4. Nova Lite Max is 6.1 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 60.3 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 SWE-bench Verified. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefunction Max | Fireworks AI | 32768 | $9.12 | 73.2 |
| Mixtral Groq Chat | Groq | 8192 | $3.09 | 72.0 |
| Yi-Large Instruct | 01.AI | 32768 | $3.48 | 73.4 |
| Mixtral | Mistral AI | 65536 | $3.48 | 73.7 |
| Nova Lite Max | Amazon | 200000 | $9.79 | 73.4 |
| Llama 3 DeepInfra | DeepInfra | 128000 | $3.67 | 74.0 |
| DBRX | Databricks | 65536 | $3.29 | 73.3 |
Other benchmarks for Nova Lite Max
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2 | 272 | 55th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 69.8 | 273 | 55th | |
| HumanEval | 80.2 | 227 | 62th | |
| MATH-500 | 79.7 | 216 | 64th | |
| AIME 2025 | 65.8 | 333 | 45th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 65.4 | 286 | 52th | |
| 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 SWE-bench Verified?
Nova Lite Max scores 60.3 on SWE-bench Verified in this index. The benchmark average is 57.5 and the top score is 81.7.
How does Nova Lite Max rank on SWE-bench Verified?
It ranks #322 of 600 models, in the 46th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 81.7.
Is Nova Lite Max good at SWE-bench Verified?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the SWE-bench Verified score calculated?
SWE-bench Verified 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.