# Amazon Nova Lite vs Hy3

> Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-hy3
- 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 Hy3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Hy3 leads 62.2 to 42.1.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.0825 / $0.33 for Hy3.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Hy3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Tencent |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 44.2 |
| Rank | 265 | 79 |
| Context | 300K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.0825 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $0.33 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Hy3: 46.8 (#63)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1464 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1508 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Hy3: 26.1 (#136)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1447 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.2% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Hy3: 40.1 (#93)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1475 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Hy3: 40.8 (#114)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1460 |
| 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)
- Hy3: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Hy3: 53.5 (#65)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1426 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1493 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1461 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1439 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1392 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1395 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1432 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1456 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Hy3: 75.1 (#70)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1426 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Hy3: 44.1 (#75)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1442 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Hy3: 62.2 (#81)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Hy3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1436 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Hy3?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Hy3?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Hy3 lists at $0.0825 and $0.33.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Hy3 better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Hy3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Hy3 has 19.