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Amazon Nova 2 LitevsMAI-Thinking-1
MAI-Thinking-1 leads 3 of 4 shared benchmarks. Amazon Nova 2 Lite has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
1 – 3
MAI-Thinking-1 leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Amazon Nova 2 Lite
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Amazon · Microsoft
Amazon Nova 2 Lite
Amazon · released 2025-12-02
textvision
- Context
- 1M
- Max out
- 66K
- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
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- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 12 · 3 core
MAI-Thinking-1
Microsoft · released 2026-08-12
text
- Context
- 256K
- Max out
- 64K
- Input /1M
- —
- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 15 · 7 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 8 only Amazon Nova 2 Lite · 11 only MAI-Thinking-1| Benchmark | Amazon Nova 2 Lite | MAI-Thinking-1 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 79.6% ↗ | 84.2% ↗ | -4.6 pt | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MMLU-Pro | 80.9% ↗ | 85% ↗ | -4.1 pt | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| AIME 2025 | 91% ↗ | 97% ↗ | -6 pt | MAI-Thinking-1 |
| MultiChallenge | 76.6% ↗ | 53% ↗ | +23.6 pt | Amazon Nova 2 Lite |
| Only Amazon Nova 2 Lite reports · 8 | ||||
| BFCL v4 | 60.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| IF-Bench | 70.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LongCodeBench 1M | 84% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MCP Atlas | 24.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| RealKIE-FCC Verified | 62.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| tau2-bench Airline Verified | 64.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| tau2-bench Retail Verified | 76.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| tau2-bench Telecom | 76% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only MAI-Thinking-1 reports · 11 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 73.5% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 94.5% ↗ | — | — |
| AdvancedIF | not reported | 85% ↗ | — | — |
| BFCL v3 | not reported | 72% ↗ | — | — |
| GraphWalks (<=128K) | not reported | 90% ↗ | — | — |
| HMMT February 2026 | not reported | 84.9% ↗ | — | — |
| IFBench | not reported | 69% ↗ | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | not reported | 87.7% ↗ | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 31% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Pro | not reported | 52.8% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | not reported | 46% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Amazon Nova 2 Lite minus MAI-Thinking-1 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Amazon Nova 2 Lite | MAI-Thinking-1 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 256K tokens | Amazon Nova 2 Lite |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 64K tokens | Amazon Nova 2 Lite |
| Input price / 1M | — | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | — | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | — | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | — | — | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text | Amazon Nova 2 Lite |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2026-08-12 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 12 | 15 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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