Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs GPT-6 Luna
GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Luna's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-6 Luna in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Luna leads 76.1 to 27.8.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.50 for GPT-6 Luna.
- GPT-6 Luna accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 53.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-09-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 42 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-6 Luna leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), GPT-6 Luna: 55.5 (#25)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1439 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 1,577 |
| DeepSWE | — | 66.6% |
| FrontierCode | — | 42.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1581 |
| SciCode | — | 54.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, GPT-6 Luna: 33.3 (#54)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 44.3% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 23% |
Reasoning GPT-6 Luna leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), GPT-6 Luna: 48.2 (#41)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1411 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 59.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 68.7% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 86.7% |
| CritPt | — | 19.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 31% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 44.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.28 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math GPT-6 Luna leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), GPT-6 Luna: 76.1 (#15)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1416 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 78.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 56.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 98.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 64% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge GPT-6 Luna leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), GPT-6 Luna: 57.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1444 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal GPT-6 Luna leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), GPT-6 Luna: 42.4 (#30)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1217 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 31.2% |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 44.2% |
Multilingual GPT-6 Luna leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), GPT-6 Luna: 50.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1386 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1433 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1420 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1369 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1369 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1360 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1394 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1393 |
Instruction Following GPT-6 Luna leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), GPT-6 Luna: 74.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1409 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context GPT-6 Luna leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), GPT-6 Luna: 43.0 (#111)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1409 |
Writing & Preference GPT-6 Luna leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), GPT-6 Luna: 58.3 (#119)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-6 Luna |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1391 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1363 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1396 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GPT-6 Luna?
GPT-6 Luna is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-6 Luna's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GPT-6 Luna?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GPT-6 Luna lists at $0.10 and $0.50.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or GPT-6 Luna better for coding?
GPT-6 Luna scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-6 Luna does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and GPT-6 Luna share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GPT-6 Luna has 42.