--- title: "Is Nova 2 Lite still undominated? · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/check/amazon__nova-2-lite-v1/ description: "Nova 2 Lite: whether it is still undominated. If anything in this catalogue is both better and cheaper, it is named, as of Sep 23, 2026. Unrated stays unrated." --- # Is Nova 2 Lite still undominated? · Undominated.ai > Nova 2 Lite: whether it is still undominated. If anything in this catalogue is both better and cheaper, it is named, as of Sep 23, 2026. Unrated stays unrated. # Is Nova 2 Lite a good deal? Whether anything in this catalogue beats Nova 2 Lite on both quality and price, and what you give up if it does. A computation on the current catalogue, not an opinion. 13 undominated of 136 · Sep 23, 2026 [1 · Choose & set workload](#check-input)[2 · Read verdict](#check-verdict)[3 · Inspect alternatives](#check-options) As of Sep 23, 2026, Nova 2 Lite is dominated for Balanced on LMArena. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores 72.9 higher at the same price, with a covering envelope. 13 of 136 rated, priced standard models are undominated. [Inspect model evidence](/models/amazon__nova-2-lite-v1/) [Compare differences & requirements](/compare/?models=amazon%2Fnova-2-lite-v1%2Cgoogle%2Fgemini-3.5-flash-lite) Current model Nova 2 Lite Balanced 3 tokens in per 1 out Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic Monthly spend (USD) Used only to say how many months a named switching cost would take to earn back. Leave blank to skip. Switching cost (USD) Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores 72.9 points higher than Nova 2 Lite at the same price, $0.85 per million tokens for both. [Nova 2 Lite](https://undominated.ai/models/amazon__nova-2-lite-v1/) LMArena Elo · higher is better Scale starts at 1040 Elo ** 1362.6 Effective $/M · Balanced · lower is better ** $0.850/M [Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite](https://undominated.ai/models/google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite/) LMArena Elo · higher is better Scale starts at 1040 Elo ** 1435.5 Effective $/M · Balanced · lower is better ** $0.850/M Nova 2 Lite takes text, image, video, file, returns up to 65,535 tokens from a 1,000,000-token context, and is listed by 2 sellers. Compared against 136 rated, priced models on this lens: 3 models dominate it and give up nothing, 5 more dominate it but give something up. Nova 2 Lite scores 1362.6 at $0.85 per million tokens for this mix. ## Envelope-safe replacements Each row scores at least as high, costs no more, and covers this model’s context, output, modalities, tools, and reasoning. A cheaper narrower model is not listed here. | Model | LMArena | Effective $/M | You save | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite](/models/google__gemini-3.5-flash-lite/) | 1435.5 +72.9 | $0.850/M | 0% | | [Gemini 2.5 Flash](/models/google__gemini-2.5-flash/) | 1417.3 +54.7 | $0.850/M | 0% | | [Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview](/models/google__gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview/) | 1415.3 +52.7 | $0.563/M | 34% | ## Higher score, lower price, named losses Not a drop-in. The loss is why these are not a recommendation. | Model | LMArena | Effective $/M | You give up | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [GLM 5.3 Flash](/models/z-ai__glm-5.3-flash/) | 1471.9 | $0.237/M | file | | [MiMo-V2.5-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.5-pro/) | 1464.8 | $0.544/M | image, video, file | | [Qwen3.7 Plus](/models/qwen__qwen3.7-plus/) | 1454.2 | $0.560/M | video, file | | [Gemma 4 31B](/models/google__gemma-4-31b-it/) | 1441.7 | $0.153/M | context, max output, file | | [Hy3](/models/tencent__hy3/) | 1440.6 | $0.144/M | context, image, video, file | 136 rated, priced standard models. Chartreuse is the frontier. Cobalt is the model you named, when it is not on the staircase. Copy watch URL [Open the frontier](/frontier/) The link keeps the model and mix, using the current catalogue. Monthly spend and switching cost stay in this browser tab and are left out of the link. ## Saved decision references Save the model, workload, catalogue date and capability-preservation rule in this browser. Spend, switching cost and bill contents are not saved. No account or notifications. Constraint: replacements must preserve the model’s capabilities; any losses remain named trade-offs. Historical decisions cannot be fully replayed from saved references: past prices, scores and capability evidence are not stored. Save this reference ## Continue your investigation - [Build a shortlist](/compare/) - [Inspect alternatives](/alternatives/) - [Check billing conditions](/traps/) - [Read model evidence](/models/)