Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Command A
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 42× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
CohereSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 2 categories and Command A in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Command A leads 37.1 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Command A | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Cohere |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 36.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-03-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 256K |
| Max output | 10K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $10 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Command A: 27.2 (#322)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1330 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Command A: 35.9 (#40)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 57.1% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Command A: 18.3 (#283)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1326 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 28.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 10.3% |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Command A leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Command A: 36.2 (#171)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1300 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Command A leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Command A: 37.1 (#159)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 9.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1295 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Command A: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Command A leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Command A: 45.3 (#170)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1327 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1351 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1341 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1285 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1285 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1314 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1347 |
Instruction Following Command A leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Command A: 69.1 (#177)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1309 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Command A leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Command A: 40.6 (#151)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1334 |
Writing & Preference Command A leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Command A: 47.6 (#208)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Command A |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1331 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1319 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1339 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1145 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Command A?
Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 42× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Command A?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Command A better for coding?
Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Command A share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Command A has 24.