Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 42.1 to 23.8.
- Qwen1.5 4b Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 999 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 976 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1026 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 980 |
| 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), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1024 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 952 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 978 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 988 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 977 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.