Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Amazon Nova Micro
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Amazon Nova Micro in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Micro leads 29.6 to 26.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 36.7% for Amazon Nova Lite and 25.1% for Amazon Nova Micro.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.06 / $0.24 for Amazon Nova Lite.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 30.4 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-12-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 128K |
| Max output | 10K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.035 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.14 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | 20.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1218 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 22.3% |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | 25.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1191 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | 34% |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | 29.6% |
Math Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 21.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | 34.5% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1206 |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 51.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 5.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 38.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1184 |
| MMLU | 77% | 70.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Amazon Nova Micro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1186 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1209 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1238 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1192 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1154 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1150 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1185 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1225 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | 48% |
| IFEval | 77.6% | 76% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1174 |
Long Context Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1205 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1208 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1172 |
| WildBench | 75% | 74.3% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1178 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | 15.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Amazon Nova Micro?
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Amazon Nova Micro?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Lite lists at $0.06 and $0.24.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Amazon Nova Micro better for coding?
Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Amazon Nova Micro share?
31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Amazon Nova Micro has 32.