Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 42.1 to 31.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 36.7% for Amazon Nova Lite and 15.9% for Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1101 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | 15.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | 30.3% |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | 24% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1151 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1067 |
| MMLU | 77% | 75.7% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1111 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1087 |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | 12.9% |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.