# Amazon Nova Lite vs DBRX

> Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-dbrx
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 6 categories and DBRX in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 26.3 to 14.9.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 29.4 |
| Rank | 265 | 311 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1132 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 70.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 55.8% |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1113 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1145 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 11.7% |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1076 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 32.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- DBRX: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1071 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1068 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1096 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1057 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 990 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 993 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1078 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1064 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1112 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1112 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | DBRX |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1119 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1104 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1111 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than DBRX?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or DBRX better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.5 vs 32.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and DBRX share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and DBRX has 21.