Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Olmo 3 32b Think
Nova 2 Lite and Olmo 3 32b Think score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.0 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 42.5 to 34.4.
- Olmo 3 32b Think has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.0 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.1 (#131), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.0 (#169)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1386 | 1318 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 23.9 (#114), Olmo 3 32b Think: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 26.4 (#120), Olmo 3 32b Think: 24.9 (#138)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1302 |
Math Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 34.8 (#154), Olmo 3 32b Think: 33.8 (#165)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1315 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 42.5 (#88), Olmo 3 32b Think: 34.4 (#189)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1360 | 1272 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.3 (#148), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.4 (#205)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1300 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | 1291 |
| LMArena German | 1343 | 1290 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1255 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1372 | — |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.7 (#156), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.4 (#193)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1275 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#145), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#177)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1296 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 54.1 (#150), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.2 (#188)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1300 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1256 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1289 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Olmo 3 32b Think?
Nova 2 Lite and Olmo 3 32b Think score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.0 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 38.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Olmo 3 32b Think share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.