Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs GLM-4.5-Air
GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5-Air's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.5-Air in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5-Air leads 55.9 to 42.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA (HELM): 39.7% for Amazon Nova Lite and 59.4% for GLM-4.5-Air.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.20 / $1.10 for GLM-4.5-Air.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 131K.
- GLM-4.5-Air has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 38.9 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-07-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 131K |
| Max output | 10K | 98K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $1.10 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), GLM-4.5-Air: 33.3 (#259)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1397 |
| GSO | — | 2.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning GLM-4.5-Air leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), GLM-4.5-Air: 24.1 (#166)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1379 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 43% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 59.2 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math GLM-4.5-Air leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), GLM-4.5-Air: 36.2 (#170)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 39.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1396 |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.5-Air leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), GLM-4.5-Air: 35.0 (#191)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | 8.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 76.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 59.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1370 |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), GLM-4.5-Air: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual GLM-4.5-Air leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), GLM-4.5-Air: 49.1 (#135)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1366 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1426 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1399 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1377 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1348 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1308 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1373 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1386 |
Instruction Following GLM-4.5-Air leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), GLM-4.5-Air: 69.6 (#171)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 77.6% | 81.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1354 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
Long Context GLM-4.5-Air leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1366 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.5-Air leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), GLM-4.5-Air: 55.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1384 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1343 |
| WildBench | 75% | 78.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1371 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GLM-4.5-Air?
GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5-Air's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-4.5-Air?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5-Air lists at $0.20 and $1.10.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-4.5-Air better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (32.5 vs 33.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and GLM-4.5-Air share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5-Air has 27.