# Amazon Nova Lite vs MiMo-V2.5

> MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-mimo-v2-5
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and MiMo-V2.5 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiMo-V2.5 leads 61.8 to 42.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.14 / $0.28 for MiMo-V2.5.
- MiMo-V2.5 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
- MiMo-V2.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Xiaomi |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 43.0 |
| Rank | 262 | 89 |
| Context | 300K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.14 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $0.28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266)
- MiMo-V2.5: 43.6 (#75)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1469 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 513.95 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1438 |
| SciCode | — | 43.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257)
- MiMo-V2.5: 27.8 (#98)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1450 |
| CritPt | — | 3.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243)
- MiMo-V2.5: 35.4 (#145)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1436 |
| ProofBench | — | 16% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254)
- MiMo-V2.5: 40.2 (#109)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1459 |
| 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)
- MiMo-V2.5: 39.0 (#53)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1245 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227)
- MiMo-V2.5: 52.0 (#96)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1467 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1447 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1421 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1304 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1363 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1412 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250)
- MiMo-V2.5: 75.7 (#55)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1433 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212)
- MiMo-V2.5: 44.1 (#69)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1444 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232)
- MiMo-V2.5: 61.8 (#82)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | MiMo-V2.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1392 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1445 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than MiMo-V2.5?

MiMo-V2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiMo-V2.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or MiMo-V2.5?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; MiMo-V2.5 lists at $0.14 and $0.28.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or MiMo-V2.5 better for coding?

MiMo-V2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.6 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

MiMo-V2.5 does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and MiMo-V2.5 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and MiMo-V2.5 has 23.