# Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 vs Gemma 2 9B

> Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-experimental-chat-12-10-vs-gemma-2-9b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 leads 38.6 to 9.7.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Google |
| Noometry Index | 42.3 | 25.7 |
| Rank | 104 | 334 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 41.5 (#112)
- Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1430 | 1174 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 34.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 22.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 28.1 (#93)
- Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1427 | 1172 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.78 |
| LiveBench | — | 28.7% |
| PIQA | — | 83.7% |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 36.1 (#130)
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1418 | 1183 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 19.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 21% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.9% |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 38.6 (#133)
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1409 | 1147 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.5% |
| BoolQ | — | 85.7% |
| MMLU | — | 72.1% |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 51.7 (#103)
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1399 | 1188 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1440 | 1185 |
| LMArena Russian | 1397 | 1200 |
| LMArena French | — | 1189 |
| LMArena German | — | 1186 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1144 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1137 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1200 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 73.4 (#117)
- Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1178 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 52.6% |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 42.4 (#120)
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | 1197 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10: 59.7 (#104)
- Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1420 | 1207 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1351 | 1206 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1409 | 1193 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 841 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.5% |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 better than Gemma 2 9B?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.5 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 and Gemma 2 9B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 12 10 has 12 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.