Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs GPT-6.1 Sol
GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6.1 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6.1 Sol in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 93.7 to 27.8.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $10 for GPT-6.1 Sol.
- GPT-6.1 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 65.6 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-09-29 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $10 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1487 |
| DeepSWE | — | 75.2% |
| FrontierCode | — | 50.2% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1755 |
| SciCode | — | 55.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 60% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 32% |
Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1466 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 94.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 95.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 98.5% |
| CritPt | — | 31.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 61% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 54.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 80% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 166.09 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1464 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 93.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 100% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 100% |
| ProofBench | — | 99% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1502 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 95.4% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 73.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal GPT-6.1 Sol leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1288 |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 80% |
Multilingual GPT-6.1 Sol leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1438 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1477 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1455 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1468 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context GPT-6.1 Sol leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1465 |
Writing & Preference GPT-6.1 Sol leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6.1 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1432 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1449 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GPT-6.1 Sol?
GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6.1 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GPT-6.1 Sol?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GPT-6.1 Sol lists at $2 and $10.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or GPT-6.1 Sol better for coding?
GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-6.1 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and GPT-6.1 Sol share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6.1 Sol has 34.