Nova Lite Nano on LiveCodeBench: score, rank and what it means
Nova Lite Nano scores 49.8 on LiveCodeBench, placing it #450 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 Nano 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 Nano sits at #450 of 600. The leader, Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning, scores 85.1, so the gap to the top is 35.3 points. The median model in this index scores 64.7, which puts Nova Lite Nano below the midpoint.
Amazon models average 65.8 on this benchmark. Nova Lite Nano is 16.0 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Amazon model.
Among mid-range models, the average is 58.3. Nova Lite Nano is 8.5 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 49.8 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 $3.29 per million input tokens, Nova Lite Nano is below 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek-V3.2 7B | DeepSeek | 4096 | $1.75 | 63.2 |
| MiniMax-M2 7B | MiniMax | 8192 | $1.44 | 60.8 |
| MiniMax-M2 8B | MiniMax | 32768 | $1.65 | 61.7 |
| Zephyr Instruct | Hugging Face | 4096 | $1.66 | 62.4 |
| Nova Lite Nano | Amazon | 8192 | $3.29 | 59.5 |
| SmolLM3 | Hugging Face | 8192 | $1.71 | 63.1 |
| Llama 4 Scout 8B | Meta AI | 8192 | $1.46 | 61.2 |
Other benchmarks for Nova Lite Nano
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 66.4 | 433 | 28th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 57.0 | 441 | 27th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.8 | 439 | 27th | |
| HumanEval | 60.1 | 504 | 16th | |
| MATH-500 | 60.5 | 454 | 24th | |
| AIME 2025 | 48.1 | 469 | 22th | |
| IFEval | 67.6 | 493 | 18th | |
| TruthfulQA | 66.5 | 437 | 27th | |
| HellaSwag | 75.1 | 439 | 27th | |
| MMMU | 56.0 | 489 | 19th | |
| Arena Elo | 1274.7 | 453 | 25th |
FAQ
What score does Nova Lite Nano get on LiveCodeBench?
Nova Lite Nano scores 49.8 on LiveCodeBench in this index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the top score is 85.1.
How does Nova Lite Nano rank on LiveCodeBench?
It ranks #450 of 600 models, in the 25th percentile. The leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Is Nova Lite Nano good at LiveCodeBench?
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 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 Nano cost?
Nova Lite Nano costs $3.29 per million input tokens and $14.03 per million output tokens.