Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs DBRX
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 6 categories and DBRX in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 26.3 to 14.9.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-03-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1132 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 70.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 55.8% |
Reasoning DBRX leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1113 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1145 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 11.7% |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1076 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 32.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), DBRX: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1071 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1068 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1096 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1057 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 990 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 993 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1078 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1064 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1112 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1112 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1119 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1104 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1111 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than DBRX?
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or DBRX better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (32.5 vs 32.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and DBRX share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and DBRX has 21.