Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Dolly 2.0-12b
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Dolly 2.0-12b in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 42.1 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 25.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2023-04-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 776 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 804 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 89.67 |
| HellaSwag | — | 70.8% |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
| PIQA | — | 75.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 61.8% |
Math Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 871 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 77% | 26.2% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 39.6% |
| BoolQ | — | 56.3% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 39.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 836 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 836 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 814 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Dolly 2.0-12b: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 851 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 864 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 740 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Dolly 2.0-12b?
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Dolly 2.0-12b better for coding?
Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Dolly 2.0-12b share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Dolly 2.0-12b has 17.