Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 2.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 1 category and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 57.0 to 39.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 21.4% for Amazon Nova Micro and 48% for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.40 for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 36.4 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-06-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.40 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.0 (#289), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#167)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1373 |
| WeirdML | — | 35.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 325.9 |
Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 21.9 (#125), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 27.8 (#89)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | 36.9% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 16.7 (#289), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 21.5 (#196)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1377 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| DTBench | — | 62.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LMCA | — | 18.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.93 |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 24.9 (#252), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 35.5 (#144)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | 48% |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1373 |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.2 (#231), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.1 (#206)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | 53.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | 3.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | 30.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1373 |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: —, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.6 (#109)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1198 |
| VPCT | — | 30% |
Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.7 (#234), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.5 (#129)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1369 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1404 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1388 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1390 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1359 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1358 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1373 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1396 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.6 (#267), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.2 (#163)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 76% | 81% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1366 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#224), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#257)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1206 | 1373 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 47.2% |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.7 (#242), Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 57.0 (#130)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1379 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1366 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | 81.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1367 |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 2.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite lists at $0.10 and $0.40.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.0 versus 30.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33.