Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Yi-Lightning
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and Yi-Lightning in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Yi-Lightning leads 35.4 to 26.3.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Yi-Lightning leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1302 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Yi-Lightning leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1300 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Yi-Lightning leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1286 |
| 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), Yi-Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Yi-Lightning leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1315 |
Instruction Following Yi-Lightning leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1278 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Yi-Lightning leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1297 |
Writing & Preference Yi-Lightning leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1311 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Yi-Lightning?
Yi-Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Yi-Lightning better for coding?
Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Yi-Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.