# Amazon Nova Lite vs GLM-5V-Turbo

> GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-glm-5v-turbo
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5V-Turbo in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 62.6 to 42.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 200K.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 262 | 86 |
| Context | 300K | 200K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $1.20 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $4 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 41.8 (#105)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1467 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1400 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 28.5 (#87)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1443 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 36.6 (#109)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1440 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.9 (#113)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1451 |
| 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)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.1 (#41)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1264 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1416 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.2 (#69)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1488 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1443 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1422 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1432 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.1 (#75)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1422 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1439 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.6 (#69)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1414 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1432 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GLM-5V-Turbo?

GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 18× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5V-Turbo?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5V-Turbo better for coding?

GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 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-5V-Turbo share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5V-Turbo has 19.