Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)'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 Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.3 to 19.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $2.50 for Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning).
- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 48.6 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-02-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 30K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 46 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1459 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 1,150 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1375 |
| WeirdML | — | 52.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 57.3% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 18% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1189 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,663 |
Reasoning Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1451 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 65.1% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 75% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 89.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 24% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 63.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 38.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 151.98 |
| ForecastBench | — | 61.4 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1455 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 44.9% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 92.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 14% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1439 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 30.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1263 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 0% |
| LMArena Document | — | 1416 |
Multilingual Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1441 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1481 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1476 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1465 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1449 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1417 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1458 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1443 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1420 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1437 |
| CL-bench | — | 22.2% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 11.9% |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1451 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1438 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1456 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1574 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)'s lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning)?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) lists at $1.25 and $2.50.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better for coding?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) does, with 1M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46.