# Amazon Nova Lite vs Granite 3.1 2b Instruct

> Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-granite-3-1-2b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 4 categories and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 38.2 to 29.2.
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 32.6 |
| Rank | 262 | 243 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 32.9 (#255)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1149 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 21.0 (#206)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1138 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.6 (#206)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1159 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.3 (#223)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1131 |
| 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)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.2 (#264)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1068 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1138 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1063 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 58.0 (#259)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1116 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#239)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1155 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.3 (#269)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1127 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1116 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1099 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Granite 3.1 2b Instruct?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.0 vs 32.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12.