Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Step 3.7 Flash
Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Step 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
StepFunSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Step 3.7 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 42.9 to 27.8.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.18 / $1.11 for Step 3.7 Flash.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 256K.
- Step 3.7 Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-05-29 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 256K |
| Max output | 10K | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $1.11 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 694.12 |
| SciCode | — | 40% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
Reasoning Step 3.7 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 39.7% |
| CritPt | — | 2.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Step 3.7 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 68.5% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Step 3.7 Flash?
Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Step 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Step 3.7 Flash?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Step 3.7 Flash lists at $0.18 and $1.11.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?
Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Step 3.7 Flash share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.