Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 8.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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DeepSeekSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads 32.9 to 19.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.58 / $1.68 for DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 128K.
- DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 39.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-12-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 128K |
| Max output | 10K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.58 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $1.68 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 40.4 (#140)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | — | 46.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 32.9 (#73)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 52.6% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: 46.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1276 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 8.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale lists at $0.58 and $1.68.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale better for coding?
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 32.5 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 DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale has 3.