Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemma 3n E4b IT
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 50.1 to 42.1.
- Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1268 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1284 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 31.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1251 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1246 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Gemma 3n E4b IT: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1285 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1309 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1311 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1272 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1288 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1305 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1255 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1306 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1287 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1276 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?
Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.