# Amazon Nova Lite vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct

> Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-llama-3-1-nemotron-70b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads 34.1 to 26.3.
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 37.6 |
| Rank | 265 | 203 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1272 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 48.2% |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1266 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1271 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1242 |
| 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)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1245 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1263 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1252 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1238 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1283 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1275 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.