Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Grok 4.1
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.6 to 42.3.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 40.8 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-11-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266), Grok 4.1: 33.4 (#246)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1445 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1214 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Grok 4.1: 33.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 39% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257), Grok 4.1: 28.3 (#91)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1436 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243), Grok 4.1: 36.2 (#124)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1422 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#129)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1417 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118), Grok 4.1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227), Grok 4.1: 53.6 (#64)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1464 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1396 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1438 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250), Grok 4.1: 74.0 (#106)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1400 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#96)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232), Grok 4.1: 62.6 (#71)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1438 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Grok 4.1?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Grok 4.1 better for coding?
Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.4 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Grok 4.1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.