Model comparison

Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.9

Rank #265 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 27.8.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 4 Argon specifications
Amazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
ProviderAmazonGoogle
Noometry Index31.956.5
Released2024-12-032026-09-30
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 4 Argon leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Coding12391550
LMArena WebDev—1678
FrontierSWE—55%
SciCode—61.8%
LiveBench Coding27.5%—
ALE-Bench236.25—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents—82.2%
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Hard Prompts12201548
CritPt—27.1%
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%—
LiveBench36.4%—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Math12271536
ProofBench—99%
Omni-MATH23.3%—
LiveBench Math36.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert12011553
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU-Pro60%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)39.7%—
MMLU77%—

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Vision990—
Blueprint-Bench 2—54.4%

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English12081523
LMArena Chinese12251610
LMArena Russian12161537
LMArena Spanish12261497
LMArena French1237—
LMArena German1229—
LMArena Japanese1153—
LMArena Korean1153—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following12051538
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%—
IFEval77.6%—

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query12341549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text12291534
LMArena Creative Writing11971531
LMArena Multi-Turn11991557
WildBench75%—
LiveBench Language25.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 4 Argon share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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