Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Inkling
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 25× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Inkling's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Inkling in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $1.87 / $4.68 for Inkling.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 66K.
- Inkling has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 44.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-07-15 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 66K |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $1.87 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $4.68 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1464 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 946 |
| FrontierCode | — | 14% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1413 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 4.1% |
| SciCode | — | 47% |
| WeirdML | — | 32.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 33.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 25% |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1451 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 36.5% |
| SimpleBench | — | 50% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 79.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| DTBench | — | 87.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 148.54 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Inkling leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1479 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 33.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 4.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 0% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1465 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Inkling: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1434 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1490 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1458 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1404 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1429 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1448 |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1426 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Inkling leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1434 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1387 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1436 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1611 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1226 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Inkling?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 25× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Inkling's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Inkling?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Inkling lists at $1.87 and $4.68.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Inkling better for coding?
Inkling scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 66K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Inkling share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Inkling has 41.