Model comparison

Amazon Nova Lite vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.9

Rank #265 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 36.1 to 26.3.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Lite and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Amazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderAmazonAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index31.939.4
Released2024-12-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.24—
Results tracked3416

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding12391347
LiveBench Coding27.5%—
ALE-Bench236.25—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12201322
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%—
LiveBench36.4%—

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math12271305
Omni-MATH23.3%—
LiveBench Math36.7%—

Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert12011308
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU-Pro60%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)39.7%—
MMLU77%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Vision990—

Multilingual Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12081275
LMArena Chinese12251304
LMArena French12371328
LMArena German12291282
LMArena Korean11531206
LMArena Russian12161268
LMArena Spanish12261336
LMArena Japanese1153—

Instruction Following Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12051299
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%—
IFEval77.6%—

Long Context Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12341312

Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text12291311
LMArena Creative Writing11971264
LMArena Multi-Turn11991309
WildBench75%—
LiveBench Language25.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Lite or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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