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Atria Dawn Preview vs Nova 2 Lite

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 25.4.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Amazon · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 25.4, ranking #10 overall.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Atria Dawn Preview wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Nova 2 Lite

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.30/M input and $2.50/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Nova 2 Lite
Amazon
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
25.4
#158
Reasoning
50.5
#12
26.9
#141
Coding
36.2
#22
12.8
#142
Agents
38.8
#10
4.9
#150
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 1
0 of 1
Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$2.50 / M
Context window
—
1,000,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Atria Dawn Preview
Nova 2 Lite
Tool use
31.1#12
11.7#108
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 19 for Nova 2 Lite

1 shared

Atria Dawn Preview outperforms in 1 benchmarks (BFCL-V4), while Nova 2 Lite is better at 0 benchmarks.

Atria Dawn Preview significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nova 2 Lite specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Nova 2 Lite specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Amazon
Nova 2 Lite
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Nova 2 Lite supports multimodal inputs, whereas Atria Dawn Preview does not.

Nova 2 Lite can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Atria Dawn Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nova 2 Lite

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Nova 2 Lite uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Nova 2 Lite

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Nova 2 Lite was released on 2025-12-02.

Atria Dawn Preview is 9 months newer than Nova 2 Lite.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

9mo newer
Nova 2 Lite

Dec 2, 2025

9 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Nova 2 Lite side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Nova 2 Lite.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Nova 2 Lite?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 25.4. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Nova 2 Lite is made by Amazon. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Nova 2 Lite in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Nova 2 Lite scores AIME 2025: 91.0%, LongCodeBench: 84.0%, ScreenSpot: 83.3%, MMLU-Pro: 80.9%, GPQA: 79.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Atria Dawn Preview and Nova 2 Lite?

Atria Dawn Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Nova 2 Lite supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Nova 2 Lite?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 25.4), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Nova 2 Lite?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Nova 2 Lite is developed by Amazon.

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