Nova Lite on Arena Elo: score, rank and what it means
Nova Lite scores 1371.7 on Arena Elo, placing it #311 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on Arena Elo, with Nova Lite highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 10 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
What this score means
On Arena Elo, Nova Lite sits at #311 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Max, scores 1501.9, so the gap to the top is 130.2 points. The median model in this index scores 1373.8, which puts Nova Lite below the midpoint.
Amazon models average 1372.4 on this benchmark. Nova Lite 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 1332.0. Nova Lite is 39.7 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 1371.7 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 $9.20 per million input tokens, Nova Lite is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on Arena Elo. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBRX Chat | Databricks | 65536 | $3.07 | 71.7 |
| Mixtral Groq Instruct | Groq | 16384 | $3.25 | 72.5 |
| Phi-4 Chat | Microsoft | 65536 | $3.66 | 74.7 |
| Codestral Base | Mistral AI | 8192 | $3.31 | 73.1 |
| Nova Lite | Amazon | 65536 | $9.20 | 73.4 |
| Gemma 3 | Google DeepMind | 65536 | $3.68 | 73.6 |
| Nova Lite Reasoning | Amazon | 32768 | $9.92 | 74.3 |
Other benchmarks for Nova Lite
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.2 | 239 | 60th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 66.7 | 336 | 44th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 60.9 | 306 | 49th | |
| HumanEval | 78.1 | 287 | 52th | |
| MATH-500 | 78.7 | 245 | 59th | |
| AIME 2025 | 66.8 | 317 | 47th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 64.8 | 299 | 50th | |
| IFEval | 80.9 | 312 | 48th | |
| TruthfulQA | 77.2 | 277 | 54th | |
| HellaSwag | 82.7 | 330 | 45th | |
| MMMU | 72.3 | 235 | 61th |
FAQ
What score does Nova Lite get on Arena Elo?
Nova Lite scores 1371.7 on Arena Elo in this index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the top score is 1501.9.
How does Nova Lite rank on Arena Elo?
It ranks #311 of 600 models, in the 48th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Is Nova Lite good at Arena Elo?
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 Arena Elo score calculated?
Arena Elo is a preference 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 cost?
Nova Lite costs $9.20 per million input tokens and $41.96 per million output tokens.