# Amazon Nova Lite vs GLM-5.1

> GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 55.0 to 26.0.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.1.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 200K.
- GLM-5.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 47.6 |
| Rank | 262 | 51 |
| Context | 300K | 200K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $1.40 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $4.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266)
- GLM-5.1: 48.5 (#52)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1486 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 887.1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 74.2% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1509 |
| SciCode | — | 43.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 57.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Lite: —
- GLM-5.1: 24.8 (#106)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 40.9% |
| ExploitBench | — | 18.1% |
| GBAEval | — | 0% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,634 |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257)
- GLM-5.1: 38.2 (#57)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1472 |
| SimpleBench | — | 55.1% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 77.7% |
| CritPt | — | 4.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 19% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 69.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.86 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243)
- GLM-5.1: 49.0 (#48)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1472 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 36.8% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 67.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| ProofBench | — | 22.2% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 33.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 12.5% |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254)
- GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#45)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1477 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 34% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118)
- GLM-5.1: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227)
- GLM-5.1: 55.2 (#34)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1448 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1516 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1478 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1466 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1436 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1423 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1453 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1467 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250)
- GLM-5.1: 76.5 (#41)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1451 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212)
- GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#51)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1467 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232)
- GLM-5.1: 67.2 (#29)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1462 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1454 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1473 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1592 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5.1?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GLM-5.1 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5.1 better for coding?

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.5 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 200K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and GLM-5.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.