Model comparison

Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemini 1.0 Pro

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.4

Rank #262 Confirmed

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.1

Rank #327 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Gemini 1.0 Pro in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 25.8 to 8.7.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 1.0 Pro specifications
Amazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
ProviderAmazonGoogle
Noometry Index31.427.1
Released2024-12-032023-12-13
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.24—
Results tracked3424

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 31.6 (#270)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Coding12391108
LiveBench Coding27.5%—
ALE-Bench236.25—
HumanEval+—55.5%
MBPP+—61.4%

Reasoning Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 16.4 (#292)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Hard Prompts12201109
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%—
DTBench—45.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—116.97
LiveBench36.4%—

Math Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 8.7 (#315)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Math12271132
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.1%
Omni-MATH23.3%—
LiveBench Math36.7%—
MATH Level 5—11.2%

Knowledge Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.5 (#286)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Expert12011059
MMLU77%70%
GPQA Diamond—34%
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU-Pro60%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)39.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118), Gemini 1.0 Pro: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Vision990—

Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.5 (#247)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Non-English12081138
LMArena Chinese12251124
LMArena French12371144
LMArena German12291125
LMArena Japanese11531023
LMArena Russian12161186
LMArena Spanish12251118
LMArena Korean1153—

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.9 (#262)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Instruction Following12051114
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%—
IFEval77.6%—

Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#244)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Longer Query12341132

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232), Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.2 (#259)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.0 Pro
LMArena Text12291149
LMArena Creative Writing11971130
LMArena Multi-Turn11991139
WildBench75%—
LiveBench Language25.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemini 1.0 Pro?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 1.0 Pro better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.0 vs 31.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 1.0 Pro share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24.

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