Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs GLM-5V-Turbo
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5V-Turbo in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 62.5 to 42.1.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 200K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 43.8 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 200K |
| Max output | 10K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $4 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1466 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1401 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1443 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1441 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1452 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal GLM-5V-Turbo leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1264 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1416 |
Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1488 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1444 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1423 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1396 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1431 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1450 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1423 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1438 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1416 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1432 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GLM-5V-Turbo?
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5V-Turbo?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5V-Turbo better for coding?
GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 32.5 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-5V-Turbo share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5V-Turbo has 19.