Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs GLM-5.1
GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 55.0 to 26.0.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.1.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 200K.
- GLM-5.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 47.6 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-04-07 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 200K |
| Max output | 10K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $4.40 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266), GLM-5.1: 48.5 (#52)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1486 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 887.1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 74.2% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1509 |
| SciCode | — | 43.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 57.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, GLM-5.1: 24.8 (#106)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 40.9% |
| ExploitBench | — | 18.1% |
| GBAEval | — | 0% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,634 |
Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257), GLM-5.1: 38.2 (#57)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1472 |
| SimpleBench | — | 55.1% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 77.7% |
| CritPt | — | 4.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 19% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 69.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.86 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math GLM-5.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243), GLM-5.1: 49.0 (#48)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1472 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 36.8% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 67.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| ProofBench | — | 22.2% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 33.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 12.5% |
Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254), GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#45)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1477 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 34% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118), GLM-5.1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227), GLM-5.1: 55.2 (#34)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1448 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1516 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1478 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1466 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1436 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1423 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1453 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1467 |
Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250), GLM-5.1: 76.5 (#41)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1451 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context GLM-5.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212), GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1467 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232), GLM-5.1: 67.2 (#29)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1462 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1454 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1473 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1592 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GLM-5.1?
GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5.1?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GLM-5.1 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5.1 better for coding?
GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.5 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and GLM-5.1 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.