Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Llama 3.2 90B
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 27.8 to 11.1.
- Llama 3.2 90B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 27.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-09-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 27.3% |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.5 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.4% |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 77% | 80.3% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
Multimodal Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1000 |
| GeoBench | — | 52% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Llama 3.2 90B: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.2 90B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Llama 3.2 90B?
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Llama 3.2 90B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.