Noometry

Model comparison

Amazon Nova Lite vs Granite 4.0 H Small

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.9

Rank #265 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 68.7 to 59.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is IFEval: 77.6% for Amazon Nova Lite and 89% for Granite 4.0 H Small.
  • Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderAmazonIBM
Noometry Index31.936.5
Released2024-12-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.24—
Results tracked3419

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Category by category

Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding12391249
LiveBench Coding27.5%—
ALE-Bench236.25—

Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts12201240
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%—
LiveBench36.4%—

Math Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
Omni-MATH23.3%29.6%
LMArena Math12271247
LiveBench Math36.7%—

Knowledge Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
MMLU-Pro60%56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%5.2%
GPQA (HELM)39.7%38.3%
LMArena Expert12011251
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU77%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Vision990—

Multilingual Too close to call

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English12081216
LMArena Chinese12251249
LMArena Russian12161201
LMArena Spanish12261258
LMArena French1237—
LMArena German1229—
LMArena Japanese1153—
LMArena Korean1153—

Instruction Following Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
IFEval77.6%89%
LMArena Instruction Following12051222
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%—

Long Context Too close to call

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query12341242

Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 H Small leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text12291241
LMArena Creative Writing11971211
WildBench75%73.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn11991242
LiveBench Language25.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Lite or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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