Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 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 4 26B A4B IT in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads 47.6 to 27.8.
- Both cost about the same: $0.06 input and $0.24 output per million tokens.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 43.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.0675 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.23 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1447 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 927.17 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1359 |
| SciCode | — | 40% |
| WeirdML | — | 35.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1439 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 6% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| DTBench | — | 74.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.85 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1470 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 82.2% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 5.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1447 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 73.2% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1260 |
Multilingual Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1421 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1495 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1460 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1417 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1420 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1428 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 26B A4B IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1434 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1441 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1305 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Gemma 4 26B A4B IT lists at $0.0675 and $0.23.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better for coding?
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.0 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28.