Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Mistral
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 26.3 to 16.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 60% for Amazon Nova Lite and 27.7% for Mistral.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1162 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1149 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 7.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1180 |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 30.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1125 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1143 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 77.6% | 56.8% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1152 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1158 |
| WildBench | 75% | 66% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1147 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Mistral?
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Mistral better for coding?
Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Mistral share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.