Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 8.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2.20 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-06-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1468 |
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 22.7% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1452 |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.17 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1457 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1472 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.4% |
| 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), Nemotron 3 Ultra: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1497 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1472 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1386 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1454 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1418 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1437 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1398 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1411 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 8.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.50 and $2.20.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.