# Amazon Nova Lite vs GLM-4.6V

> GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.6V's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-glm-4-6v
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.6V in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6V leads 56.6 to 42.1.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $0.90 for GLM-4.6V.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 128K.
- GLM-4.6V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 41.3 |
| Rank | 265 | 137 |
| Context | 300K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $0.90 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1390 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1368 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- GLM-4.6V: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1371 |
| 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)
- GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1164 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1359 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1425 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1340 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1352 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1358 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1377 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1347 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1360 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GLM-4.6V?

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.6V's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-4.6V?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6V lists at $0.30 and $0.90.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-4.6V better for coding?

GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 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 GLM-4.6V share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6V has 12.