# Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemma 2 9B

> Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-gemma-2-9b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 25

## Summary

- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 27.8 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 36.7% for Amazon Nova Lite and 15.2% for Gemma 2 9B.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Google |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 25.9 |
| Rank | 265 | 341 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | 22.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1173 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 34.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | 15.2% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1171 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | 36.4% |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | 28.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.83 |
| PIQA | — | 83.7% |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | 19.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1183 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 21% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.9% |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1147 |
| MMLU | 77% | 72.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| BoolQ | — | 85.7% |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- Gemma 2 9B: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1188 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1185 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1190 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1186 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1144 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1137 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1200 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1200 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | 52.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1178 |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1197 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1207 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1206 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1193 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | 25.5% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 841 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemma 2 9B?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?

Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemma 2 9B share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.