Nova Lite Mini on MMLU-Pro: score, rank and what it means
Nova Lite Mini scores 68.1 on MMLU-Pro, placing it #416 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on MMLU-Pro, with Nova Lite Mini 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 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On MMLU-Pro, Nova Lite Mini sits at #416 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 91.6, so the gap to the top is 23.5 points. The median model in this index scores 76.1, which puts Nova Lite Mini below the midpoint.
Amazon models average 76.4 on this benchmark. Nova Lite Mini is 8.3 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Amazon model.
Among mid-range models, the average is 71.5. Nova Lite Mini is 3.4 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 68.1 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 MMLU-Pro. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reka Core Nano | Reka AI | 16384 | $5.45 | 65.1 |
| Zephyr Chat | Hugging Face | 4096 | $1.49 | 61.3 |
| DeepSeek-V3.2 7B | DeepSeek | 4096 | $1.75 | 63.2 |
| Kimi K1.5 8B | Moonshot AI | 8192 | $1.54 | 62.2 |
| Nova Lite Mini | Amazon | 16384 | $5.43 | 65.0 |
| Reka Flash Mini | Reka AI | 16384 | $5.77 | 65.5 |
| Nemotron Nano Base | NVIDIA | 8192 | $1.85 | 65.0 |
Other benchmarks for Nova Lite Mini
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| HellaSwag | 78.8 | 393 | 35th | |
| MMMU | 62.1 | 409 | 32th | |
| Arena Elo | 1317.2 | 398 | 34th |
FAQ
What score does Nova Lite Mini get on MMLU-Pro?
Nova Lite Mini scores 68.1 on MMLU-Pro in this index. The benchmark average is 73.5 and the top score is 91.6.
How does Nova Lite Mini rank on MMLU-Pro?
It ranks #416 of 600 models, in the 31st percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 91.6.
Is Nova Lite Mini good at MMLU-Pro?
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 MMLU-Pro score calculated?
MMLU-Pro is a knowledge 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.