Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemma 3 1B
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 26.3 to 7.0.
- Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 21.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-03-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 7.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 1.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 19.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Gemma 3 1B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3 1B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemma 3 1B?
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemma 3 1B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 1B has 4.