Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemini 3.6 Flash
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.6 Flash in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 54.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-07-21 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.75 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $3.75 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 46 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1491 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 715.52 |
| DeepSWE | — | 46.7% |
| FrontierCode | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1538 |
| SciCode | — | 52.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 56.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 46.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 14% |
Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1485 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 60.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 89% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 91.2% |
| CritPt | — | 10.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 43% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 30% |
| DTBench | — | 95.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 44.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.25 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1505 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 58.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 22% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 70.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 94.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 36% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1488 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 94.1% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 66.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1298 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 31.2% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 23.3% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1456 |
Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1469 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1531 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1504 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1478 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1476 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1431 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1487 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1475 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1466 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1474 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1479 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1465 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1481 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1604 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 3.6 Flash?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 3.6 Flash better for coding?
Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 3.6 Flash share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46.