Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Muse Spark
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 26.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Humanity's Last Exam: 3.6% for Amazon Nova Lite and 40.6% for Muse Spark.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266), Muse Spark: 45.6 (#65)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257), Muse Spark: 34.9 (#61)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1475 |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 152.09 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Muse Spark leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243), Muse Spark: 46.8 (#57)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1455 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254), Muse Spark: 65.7 (#12)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | 40.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1458 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.8% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Muse Spark leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118), Muse Spark: 42.7 (#23)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227), Muse Spark: 56.3 (#23)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1507 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1497 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1457 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1467 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1471 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250), Muse Spark: 76.1 (#47)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1443 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Muse Spark leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212), Muse Spark: 44.4 (#65)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1451 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232), Muse Spark: 66.2 (#37)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1460 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1477 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Muse Spark?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Muse Spark better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.6 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Muse Spark share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.