Noometry

Model comparison

Amazon Nova Lite vs Granite 3.1 2b Instruct

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.9

Rank #265 Confirmed

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct IBM

33.2

Rank #247 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 4 categories and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 38.0 to 29.1.
  • Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
ProviderAmazonIBM
Noometry Index31.933.2
Released2024-12-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.24—
Results tracked3412

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Coding12391149
LiveBench Coding27.5%—
ALE-Bench236.25—

Reasoning Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12201138
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%—
LiveBench36.4%—

Math Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Math12271159
Omni-MATH23.3%—
LiveBench Math36.7%—

Knowledge Granite 3.1 2b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert12011131
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU-Pro60%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)39.7%—
MMLU77%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Vision990—

Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12081068
LMArena Chinese12251139
LMArena Russian12161063
LMArena French1237—
LMArena German1229—
LMArena Japanese1153—
LMArena Korean1153—
LMArena Spanish1226—

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12051116
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%—
IFEval77.6%—

Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12341155

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.1 2b Instruct
LMArena Text12291127
LMArena Creative Writing11971116
LMArena Multi-Turn11991099
WildBench75%—
LiveBench Language25.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Granite 3.1 2b Instruct?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Lite or Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.5 vs 33.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12.

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