Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 70.6 to 56.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Data Analysis: 34% for Amazon Nova Micro and 65.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-02-05 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.0 (#289), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.4 (#181)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | 47.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1322 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 21.9 (#125), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 16.7 (#289), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 21.2 (#203)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | 50.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1324 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | 65.5% |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | 54.3% |
| DTBench | — | 52.5% |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.1 |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 24.9 (#252), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | 37.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | 58.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1309 |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.2 (#231), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.6 (#185)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | 72% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | 50% |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1305 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: —, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 30.6 (#103)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1100 |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.7 (#234), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.2 (#156)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1323 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1339 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1346 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1306 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1302 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1325 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1328 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1313 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.6 (#267), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.6 (#158)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | 78.3% |
| IFEval | 76% | 82.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1305 |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#224), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#155)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1206 | 1321 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.7 (#242), Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.9 (#172)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1330 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1319 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | 79% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1307 |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | 34.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 30.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite share?
29 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32.