Model comparison

Amazon Nova Lite vs Palm 2

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.9

Rank #265 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Palm 2 in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 38.0 to 20.9.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Lite and Palm 2 specifications
Amazon Nova LitePalm 2
ProviderAmazonGoogle
Noometry Index31.930.0
Released2024-12-03—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.24—
Results tracked3410

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Category by category

Coding Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LitePalm 2
LMArena Coding1239994
LiveBench Coding27.5%—
ALE-Bench236.25—

Reasoning Too close to call

Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LitePalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts12201005
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%—
LiveBench36.4%—

Math Palm 2 leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LitePalm 2
LMArena Math12271049
Omni-MATH23.3%—
LiveBench Math36.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LitePalm 2
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU-Pro60%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)39.7%—
LMArena Expert1201—
MMLU77%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Palm 2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LitePalm 2
LMArena Vision990—

Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LitePalm 2
LMArena Non-English1208916
LMArena Chinese1225887
LMArena French1237—
LMArena German1229—
LMArena Japanese1153—
LMArena Korean1153—
LMArena Russian1216—
LMArena Spanish1226—

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LitePalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following12051010
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%—
IFEval77.6%—

Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LitePalm 2
LMArena Longer Query12341010

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LitePalm 2
LMArena Text12291027
LMArena Creative Writing1197991
LMArena Multi-Turn1199994
WildBench75%—
LiveBench Language25.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Palm 2?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Lite or Palm 2 better for coding?

Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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