# Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

> Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-gemini-1-5-flash-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 25.8 to 13.3.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Google |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 29.7 |
| Rank | 262 | 292 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1218 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1210 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| DTBench | — | 50% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1207 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1185 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 33% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1044 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1215 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1231 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1233 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1206 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1150 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1236 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1212 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1199 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1219 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1226 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1218 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1185 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.