Nova Lite Mini on HellaSwag: score, rank and what it means
Nova Lite Mini scores 78.8 on HellaSwag, placing it #393 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HellaSwag, with Nova Lite Mini highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 8 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 10 | o4 Pro | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.37 | 87.3 |
What this score means
On HellaSwag, Nova Lite Mini sits at #393 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 17.3 points. The median model in this index scores 83.6, which puts Nova Lite Mini below the midpoint.
Amazon models average 83.7 on this benchmark. Nova Lite Mini is 4.9 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Amazon model.
Among mid-range models, the average is 79.8. Nova Lite Mini is 1.0 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 78.8 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 $5.43 per million input tokens, Nova Lite Mini is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HellaSwag. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi-3.5 Base | Microsoft | 65536 | $2.24 | 66.6 |
| Reka Core Nano | Reka AI | 16384 | $5.45 | 65.1 |
| DBRX Base | Databricks | 32768 | $2.63 | 69.1 |
| Molmo | Allen Institute for AI | 32768 | $2.49 | 68.5 |
| Nova Lite Mini | Amazon | 16384 | $5.43 | 65.0 |
| Nova Pro Nano | Amazon | 8192 | $5.44 | 65.4 |
| GLM-4.6 8B | Zhipu AI | 8192 | $1.69 | 63.1 |
Other benchmarks for Nova Lite Mini
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 68.1 | 416 | 31th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 61.4 | 396 | 34th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 52.6 | 400 | 33th | |
| HumanEval | 68.1 | 412 | 31th | |
| MATH-500 | 67.2 | 405 | 33th | |
| AIME 2025 | 59.1 | 394 | 34th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 55.0 | 407 | 32th | |
| IFEval | 75.9 | 391 | 35th | |
| TruthfulQA | 67.1 | 428 | 29th | |
| MMMU | 62.1 | 409 | 32th | |
| Arena Elo | 1317.2 | 398 | 34th |
FAQ
What score does Nova Lite Mini get on HellaSwag?
Nova Lite Mini scores 78.8 on HellaSwag in this index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the top score is 96.1.
How does Nova Lite Mini rank on HellaSwag?
It ranks #393 of 600 models, in the 35th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Is Nova Lite Mini good at HellaSwag?
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 HellaSwag score calculated?
HellaSwag is a commonsense 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 Mini cost?
Nova Lite Mini costs $5.43 per million input tokens and $22.48 per million output tokens.