Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Grok Build 0.1
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 12× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok Build 0.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok Build 0.1 leads 32.2 to 19.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $2 for Grok Build 0.1.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 36.4 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-04-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 256K |
| Max output | 10K | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok Build 0.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Grok Build 0.1: 43.1 (#91)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 50.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Grok Build 0.1: 22.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GBAEval | — | 2.4% |
Reasoning Grok Build 0.1 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Grok Build 0.1: 32.2 (#77)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 9.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Grok Build 0.1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Grok Build 0.1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Grok Build 0.1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Grok Build 0.1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Grok Build 0.1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Grok Build 0.1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Grok Build 0.1: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok Build 0.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Grok Build 0.1?
Grok Build 0.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 12× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok Build 0.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Grok Build 0.1?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Grok Build 0.1 lists at $1 and $2.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Grok Build 0.1 better for coding?
Grok Build 0.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.1 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Grok Build 0.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Grok Build 0.1 has 3.