K2-V2 vs Nova 2.0 Lite: Release Comparison
Comparison of the K2-V2 and Nova 2.0 Lite releases: 3 and 4 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 7 models.
- For intelligence, Nova 2.0 Lite scores highest: Nova 2.0 Lite (high) at 13, against K2-V2 (high) at 10 for K2-V2.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indexes
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nova 2.0 Lite (high) |  Amazon | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.5 | $0.30 | $2.50 | - | - | - | - | - | 163 | 13.31s | 25.60s | 28.67s | - | - | 1M | Oct 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) | Amazon | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.5 | $0.30 | $2.50 | - | - | - | - | - | 160 | 14.06s | 26.58s | 29.71s | - | - | 1M | Oct 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Nova 2.0 Lite (low) | Amazon | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.5 | $0.30 | $2.50 | - | - | - | - | - | 157 | 8.74s | 21.45s | 24.63s | - | - | 1M | Oct 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| K2-V2 (high) |  Institute of Foundation Models | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70B | 512k | Dec 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text | - | |||
| K2-V2 (medium) | Institute of Foundation Models | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70B | 512k | Dec 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text | - | |||
| Nova 2.0 Lite (Non-reasoning) | Amazon | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.5 | $0.30 | $2.50 | - | - | - | - | - | 149 | 1.00s | 1.00s | 4.35s | - | - | 1M | Oct 2025 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| K2-V2 (low) | Institute of Foundation Models | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70B | 512k | Dec 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text | - | |||