# Amazon Nova Lite vs C4ai Aya Expanse 32b

> C4ai Aya Expanse 32b is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-c4ai-aya-expanse-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and C4ai Aya Expanse 32b in 7 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where C4ai Aya Expanse 32b leads 33.2 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 128K.
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Cohere |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 35.9 |
| Rank | 265 | 221 |
| Context | 300K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 34.8 (#231)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1197 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 23.3 (#180)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1193 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 34.0 (#197)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1200 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 33.2 (#206)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 10.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1182 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 38.4 (#230)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1213 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1211 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1248 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1199 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1163 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1158 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1227 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1193 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 62.6 (#237)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1196 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 37.2 (#220)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1228 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 42.2 (#235)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1224 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1200 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1190 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than C4ai Aya Expanse 32b?

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or C4ai Aya Expanse 32b better for coding?

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.8 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and C4ai Aya Expanse 32b share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and C4ai Aya Expanse 32b has 18.