Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Muse Glimmer
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Glimmer in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Glimmer leads 57.5 to 42.1.
- Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1416 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1355 |
| SciCode | — | 44.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1396 |
| CritPt | — | 2.6% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1417 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1386 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1375 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1382 |
Writing & Preference Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1399 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Muse Glimmer?
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Muse Glimmer better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Muse Glimmer share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.