Model comparison
GLM-4.5V vs Nova 2 Lite
GLM-4.5V and Nova 2 Lite score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.8 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 8 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 37.5.
- Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $1.80 for GLM-4.5V.
- Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 64K.
- GLM-4.5V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 39.8 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2025-08-11 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 64K | 1M |
| Max output | 16K | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.80 | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1347 | 1385 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-4.5V: —, Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |
Reasoning Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1334 | 1364 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 59.8% | — |
Math Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1354 | 1359 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1353 | 1358 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92), Nova 2 Lite: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1154 | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1303 | 1337 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | 1364 |
| LMArena Russian | 1298 | 1343 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1336 | 1373 |
| LMArena French | — | 1381 |
| LMArena German | — | 1343 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1271 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1284 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1311 | 1335 |
Long Context Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1304 | 1335 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Nova 2 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1333 | 1362 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1295 | 1291 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1332 | 1338 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.5V better than Nova 2 Lite?
GLM-4.5V and Nova 2 Lite score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.8 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V or Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5V lists at $0.60 and $1.80.
Is GLM-4.5V or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 64K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Nova 2 Lite share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.