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Amazon Nova 2 Lite vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16

SpecAmazon Nova 2 LiteNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
Respan Index15.6 (#146)15.9 (#143)
Blended price per 1M$0.85$0.088
Context window1M1M
Input / output per 1M$0.3 / $2.5$0.05 / $0.2
Max output66K-
Inputtext, visiontext
Released2025-12-022025-12-15

Respan Index by category

Each category is scored 0 to 100, and how far ahead the winner is. Leads under a point are close to even.

CategoryAmazon Nova 2 LiteNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
Coding4.1* Amazon Nova 2 Lite4.2* NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
Agents8.0 Amazon Nova 2 Lite14.4* NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
Reasoning23.6 Amazon Nova 2 Lite21.1 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
Knowledge & language11.5 Amazon Nova 2 Lite8.5 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
Human preference36.7 Amazon Nova 2 Lite34.1 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16

* Estimated: no published scores in that category. How the Respan Index works

Benchmarks both report

Amazon Nova 2 Lite leads on 3 of the 3 benchmarks both report. Higher is better. Each score links to where it was published.

BenchmarkAmazon Nova 2 LiteNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16
LMArena Elo13351314
AIME 202591%89.1%
MMLU-Pro80.9%78.3%

FAQ

Is Amazon Nova 2 Lite better than NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16 scores 15.9 on the Respan Index (#143), ahead of Amazon Nova 2 Lite at 15.6 (#146). Amazon Nova 2 Lite leads on 3 of the 3 benchmarks both report.

Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova 2 Lite or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16?

Amazon Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.3 input and $2.5 output per 1M tokens; NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16 at $0.05 and $0.2. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B BF16 is 9.7x cheaper per token at list price.

Which has the larger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens of context.

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