Model comparison

GPT-5.5 vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 OpenAI

63.4

Rank #8 Confirmed

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview Amazon

32.8

Rank #241 Reported

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 leads 72.7 to 21.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 27.1% for GPT-5.5 and 0% for Nova 2.0 Pro Preview.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview specifications
GPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
ProviderOpenAIAmazon
Noometry Index63.432.8
Released2026-04-232025-12-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$30—
Results tracked713

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 58.3 (#13), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.2 (#130)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
SciCode56.1%42.7%
SWE-bench Verified80.6%—
DeepSWE67%—
FrontierCode43%—
LMArena WebDev1512—
GSO40.2%—
WeirdML84.9%—
LMArena Coding1494—
MirrorCode10%—
ALE-Bench1,943—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 50.7 (#6), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#127)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
GDP.pdf26%2%
Terminal-Bench84.7%—
APEX-Agents55.1%—
OSWorld 2.013%—
Remote Labor Index6.3%—
τ²-bench Banking44.6%—
DeepResearch Bench54%—
PostTrainBench27.2%—
ExploitBench47.4%—
GBAEval53.2%—
LMArena Search1242—
Vending-Bench 27,524—

Reasoning GPT-5.5 leads

GPT-5.5: 72.7 (#8), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.7 (#189)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
CritPt27.1%0%
ARC-AGI-285%—
SimpleBench69%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)96.2%—
ARC-AGI-195%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
EBR-Bench34.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1489—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench96%—
LMCA54.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench88.1%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.25—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 81.5 (#9), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 64.4 (#14), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified63%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
LMArena Expert1508—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 47.1 (#11), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 236.2%—
Furniture Assembly44.2%—
LMArena Document1486—

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 56.5 (#19), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Non-English1467—
LMArena Chinese1535—
LMArena French1486—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1498—
LMArena Korean1461—
LMArena Russian1473—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 77.7 (#18), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Instruction Following1479—

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 48.3 (#12), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
CL-bench Life22.2%—
LMArena Longer Query1484—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5: 72.8 (#13), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
LMArena Text1471—
LMArena Creative Writing1455—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1844—
EQ-Bench 41315—
LMArena Multi-Turn1477—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?

GPT-5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 63.4 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.5 or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?

GPT-5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.3 versus 40.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 has 71 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.

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