Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Hy4 preview
Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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TencentSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Hy4 preview leads 55.7 to 27.8.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $2.25 for Hy4 preview.
- Hy4 preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
- Hy4 preview has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Tencent |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-08-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 64K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.75 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $2.25 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Hy4 preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Hy4 preview: 51.6 (#38)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1632 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Hy4 preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Hy4 preview: 31.9 (#79)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 68.2% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Hy4 preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Hy4 preview: 55.7 (#42)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 75% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Hy4 preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Hy4 preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Hy4 preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Hy4 preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Hy4 preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Hy4 preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy4 preview |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Hy4 preview?
Hy4 preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Hy4 preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Hy4 preview?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Hy4 preview lists at $0.75 and $2.25.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Hy4 preview better for coding?
Hy4 preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Hy4 preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Hy4 preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Hy4 preview has 3.