Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Solar Pro4
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 5.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
UpstageSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Solar Pro4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Solar Pro4 leads 56.7 to 42.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for Solar Pro4.
- Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Upstage |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 41.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-08-06 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 524K |
| Max output | 10K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Solar Pro4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266), Solar Pro4: 39.9 (#135)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1439 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1371 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Solar Pro4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257), Solar Pro4: 27.3 (#107)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1398 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Solar Pro4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243), Solar Pro4: 36.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1418 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Solar Pro4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254), Solar Pro4: 39.0 (#128)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1421 |
| 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: 25.0 (#118), Solar Pro4: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Solar Pro4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227), Solar Pro4: 49.0 (#134)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1362 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1417 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1403 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1351 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1300 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1383 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1360 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1408 |
Instruction Following Solar Pro4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250), Solar Pro4: 72.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1376 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Solar Pro4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212), Solar Pro4: 42.0 (#125)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1379 |
Writing & Preference Solar Pro4 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232), Solar Pro4: 56.7 (#133)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Solar Pro4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1386 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1313 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1391 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Solar Pro4?
Solar Pro4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 5.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Solar Pro4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Solar Pro4?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Solar Pro4 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Solar Pro4 better for coding?
Solar Pro4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Solar Pro4 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.