Nova Pro Mini on LiveCodeBench: score, rank and what it means
Nova Pro Mini scores 59.3 on LiveCodeBench, placing it #374 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 Pro Mini 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 Pro Mini sits at #374 of 600. The leader, Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning, scores 85.1, so the gap to the top is 25.8 points. The median model in this index scores 64.7, which puts Nova Pro Mini below the midpoint.
Amazon models average 65.8 on this benchmark. Nova Pro Mini is 6.5 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 Pro Mini is 1.0 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 59.3 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 $7.74 per million input tokens, Nova Pro Mini is above 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLMo 2 | Allen Institute for AI | 65536 | $2.99 | 71.0 |
| Phi-3.5 | Microsoft | 16384 | $2.81 | 70.9 |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet Nano | Anthropic | 65536 | $6.93 | 68.9 |
| Phi-3.5 Instruct | Microsoft | 16384 | $2.67 | 70.1 |
| Nova Pro Mini | Amazon | 16384 | $7.74 | 70.6 |
| Sonar Pro Mini | Perplexity | 8192 | $8.02 | 70.3 |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano | Google DeepMind | 32768 | $7.28 | 69.2 |
Other benchmarks for Nova Pro Mini
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72.5 | 376 | 37th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 64.6 | 368 | 39th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 59.0 | 343 | 43th | |
| HumanEval | 75.2 | 341 | 43th | |
| MATH-500 | 75.8 | 307 | 49th | |
| AIME 2025 | 64.4 | 351 | 42th | |
| IFEval | 79.3 | 345 | 43th | |
| TruthfulQA | 75.8 | 313 | 48th | |
| HellaSwag | 83.1 | 318 | 47th | |
| MMMU | 67.9 | 345 | 43th | |
| Arena Elo | 1343.1 | 376 | 37th |
FAQ
What score does Nova Pro Mini get on LiveCodeBench?
Nova Pro Mini scores 59.3 on LiveCodeBench in this index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the top score is 85.1.
How does Nova Pro Mini rank on LiveCodeBench?
It ranks #374 of 600 models, in the 38th percentile. The leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Is Nova Pro Mini 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 Pro Mini cost?
Nova Pro Mini costs $7.74 per million input tokens and $31.20 per million output tokens.