Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Step 1o Turbo 202506
Nova 2 Lite and Step 1o Turbo 202506 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
StepFunSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Step 1o Turbo 202506 in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 36.1.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| 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: 40.7 (#134), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 39.2 (#160)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1339 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Step 1o Turbo 202506: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 26.8 (#129)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1335 |
Math Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.6 (#164)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1318 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#176)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | 1308 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#80)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1186 |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 45.3 (#173)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1380 |
| LMArena German | 1343 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1327 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | — |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 69.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1310 |
Long Context Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 41.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1348 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 53.1 (#160)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1336 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1307 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1340 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Step 1o Turbo 202506?
Nova 2 Lite and Step 1o Turbo 202506 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 39.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Step 1o Turbo 202506 better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 39.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Step 1o Turbo 202506 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Step 1o Turbo 202506 has 14.