Nova Lite on GPQA Diamond: score, rank and what it means
Nova Lite scores 66.7 on GPQA Diamond, placing it #336 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 65.6 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Reasoning at 87.0.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on GPQA Diamond, with Nova Lite highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 4 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 7 | o4 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.34 | 86.6 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 9 | Grok 4 Turbo | xAI | 1000000 | $19.21 | 86.7 |
| 10 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $19.90 | 87.2 |
What this score means
On GPQA Diamond, Nova Lite sits at #336 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Reasoning, scores 87.0, so the gap to the top is 20.3 points. The median model in this index scores 68.8, which puts Nova Lite below the midpoint.
Amazon models average 68.4 on this benchmark. Nova Lite is 1.7 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Amazon model.
Among mid-range models, the average is 62.9. Nova Lite is 3.8 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 66.7 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 GPQA Diamond. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 Cerebras Base | Cerebras | 65536 | $3.36 | 72.7 |
| Command A Mini | Cohere | 8192 | $8.12 | 71.0 |
| Command R+ Base | Cohere | 65536 | $3.24 | 71.6 |
| Mixtral Groq Chat | Groq | 8192 | $3.09 | 72.0 |
| Nova Lite | Amazon | 65536 | $9.20 | 73.4 |
| DBRX Instruct | Databricks | 8192 | $3.21 | 72.4 |
| DBRX Base | Databricks | 32768 | $2.63 | 69.1 |
Other benchmarks for Nova Lite
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.2 | 239 | 60th | |
| 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 | |
| Arena Elo | 1371.7 | 311 | 48th |
FAQ
What score does Nova Lite get on GPQA Diamond?
Nova Lite scores 66.7 on GPQA Diamond in this index. The benchmark average is 65.6 and the top score is 87.0.
How does Nova Lite rank on GPQA Diamond?
It ranks #336 of 600 models, in the 44th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Reasoning at 87.0.
Is Nova Lite good at GPQA Diamond?
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 GPQA Diamond score calculated?
GPQA Diamond is a reasoning 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.