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Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.9

Rank #265 Confirmed

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 27.8 to 14.2.

Side by side

Amazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
ProviderAmazonGoogle
Noometry Index31.929.9
Released2024-12-032024-10-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.24—
Results tracked3421

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Coding12391218
LiveBench Coding27.5%—
ALE-Bench236.25—

Reasoning Too close to call

Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts12201209
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%—
DTBench—50%
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%—
LiveBench36.4%—

Math Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Math12271207
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—4.6%
Omni-MATH23.3%—
LiveBench Math36.7%—

Knowledge Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Expert12011185
GPQA Diamond—33%
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU-Pro60%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)39.7%—
MMLU77%—

Multimodal Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Vision9901044

Multilingual Too close to call

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Non-English12081215
LMArena Chinese12251231
LMArena French12371234
LMArena German12291206
LMArena Japanese11531150
LMArena Korean11531140
LMArena Russian12161236
LMArena Spanish12261212

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Instruction Following12051199
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%—
IFEval77.6%—

Long Context Too close to call

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Longer Query12341219

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Text12291226
LMArena Creative Writing11971218
LMArena Multi-Turn11991185
WildBench75%—
LiveBench Language25.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.

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