Nova Lite Turbo on HumanEval: score, rank and what it means
Nova Lite Turbo scores 76.8 on HumanEval, placing it #312 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HumanEval, with Nova Lite Turbo 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 | Gemini 3 Pro Pro | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.80 | 87.3 |
| 3 | o4 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.51 | 86.2 |
| 4 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 5 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 8 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 9 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
What this score means
On HumanEval, Nova Lite Turbo sits at #312 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Pro, scores 96.8, so the gap to the top is 20.0 points. The median model in this index scores 77.4, which puts Nova Lite Turbo below the midpoint.
Amazon models average 77.5 on this benchmark. Nova Lite Turbo is 0.7 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 Turbo is 5.3 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 76.8 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 $9.14 per million input tokens, Nova Lite Turbo is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on HumanEval. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QwQ Base | Alibaba Cloud | 65536 | $3.68 | 74.1 |
| Seed-OSS | ByteDance | 32768 | $3.74 | 75.3 |
| Llama 3 Baseten Chat | Baseten | 200000 | $3.55 | 73.2 |
| Nemotron 4 Base | NVIDIA | 8192 | $3.29 | 73.0 |
| Nova Lite Turbo | Amazon | 8192 | $9.14 | 73.2 |
| Auto Pro | OpenRouter | 8192 | $8.41 | 71.2 |
| Command R+ Base | Cohere | 65536 | $3.24 | 71.6 |
Other benchmarks for Nova Lite Turbo
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.9 | 247 | 59th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 67.8 | 315 | 48th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 63.8 | 237 | 61th | |
| MATH-500 | 77.6 | 264 | 56th | |
| AIME 2025 | 68.0 | 296 | 51th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 65.7 | 282 | 53th | |
| IFEval | 79.3 | 344 | 43th | |
| TruthfulQA | 76.1 | 304 | 49th | |
| HellaSwag | 85.0 | 248 | 59th | |
| MMMU | 67.6 | 352 | 41th | |
| Arena Elo | 1383.7 | 266 | 56th |
FAQ
What score does Nova Lite Turbo get on HumanEval?
Nova Lite Turbo scores 76.8 on HumanEval in this index. The benchmark average is 74.0 and the top score is 96.8.
How does Nova Lite Turbo rank on HumanEval?
It ranks #312 of 600 models, in the 48th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Pro at 96.8.
Is Nova Lite Turbo good at HumanEval?
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 HumanEval score calculated?
HumanEval 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 Turbo cost?
Nova Lite Turbo costs $9.14 per million input tokens and $42.63 per million output tokens.