Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Mistral Large 4
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 9.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 4 leads 60.4 to 42.1.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-10-06 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.68 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $2.09 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1475 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1444 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1488 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1447 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Mistral Large 4: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1424 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1429 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1424 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 9.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Mistral Large 4?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Mistral Large 4 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.