# Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

> Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-gemini-2-0-flash-lite
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 30

## Summary

- They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 70.4 to 59.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Data Analysis: 37.2% for Amazon Nova Lite and 65.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Google |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 37.8 |
| Rank | 265 | 194 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | 47.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1322 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | 50.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1324 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | 65.5% |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | 54.3% |
| DTBench | — | 52.5% |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.1 |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 37.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | 58.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1309 |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 72% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 50% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1305 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1100 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1323 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1339 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1347 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1306 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1301 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1325 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1328 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1313 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | 78.3% |
| IFEval | 77.6% | 82.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1305 |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1320 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1330 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1319 |
| WildBench | 75% | 79% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1307 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | 34.3% |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite share?

30 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32.