Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 56.8 to 42.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 23.3% for Amazon Nova Lite and 48% for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.40 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 37.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-06-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.40 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1373 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 325.9 |
| WeirdML | — | 35.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 36.9% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1377 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| DTBench | — | 62.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 18.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.94 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 48% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1373 |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 53.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 3.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 30.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1373 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1198 |
| VPCT | — | 30% |
Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1369 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1404 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1388 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1389 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1359 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1360 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1373 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1396 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 77.6% | 81% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1367 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1373 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 47.2% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1379 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1367 |
| WildBench | 75% | 81.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1366 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite lists at $0.10 and $0.40.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33.