Nova Lite on HellaSwag: score, rank and what it means
Nova Lite scores 82.7 on HellaSwag, placing it #330 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on HellaSwag, with Nova Lite highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 5 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 6 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.03 | 87.4 |
| 8 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 10 | o4 Pro | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.37 | 87.3 |
What this score means
On HellaSwag, Nova Lite sits at #330 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.2 Max, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 13.4 points. The median model in this index scores 83.6, which puts Nova Lite below the midpoint.
Amazon models average 83.7 on this benchmark. Nova Lite is 1.0 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Amazon model.
Among mid-range models, the average is 79.8. Nova Lite is 2.9 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 82.7 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 HellaSwag. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixtral | Mistral AI | 65536 | $3.48 | 73.7 |
| Mixtral Turbo Base | Together AI | 32768 | $2.53 | 69.7 |
| GPT-5.2 Nano | OpenAI | 128000 | $9.73 | 73.5 |
| Llama 3 Baseten Base | Baseten | 16384 | $3.16 | 72.4 |
| Nova Lite | Amazon | 65536 | $9.20 | 73.4 |
| Fusion Max | OpenRouter | 65536 | $9.14 | 72.5 |
| Llama 3.1 Cerebras Base | Cerebras | 65536 | $3.36 | 72.7 |
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 | |
| MMMU | 72.3 | 235 | 61th | |
| Arena Elo | 1371.7 | 311 | 48th |
FAQ
What score does Nova Lite get on HellaSwag?
Nova Lite scores 82.7 on HellaSwag in this index. The benchmark average is 81.4 and the top score is 96.1.
How does Nova Lite rank on HellaSwag?
It ranks #330 of 600 models, in the 45th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.2 Max at 96.1.
Is Nova Lite good at HellaSwag?
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 HellaSwag score calculated?
HellaSwag is a commonsense 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.