# Amazon Nova Lite vs Mistral

> Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-mistral
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 22

## Summary

- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 26.3 to 16.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 60% for Amazon Nova Lite and 27.7% for Mistral.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 29.9 |
| Rank | 265 | 303 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1162 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1149 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 7.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1180 |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 30.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1125 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- Mistral: —

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

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 77.6% | 56.8% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1152 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1153 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1158 |
| WildBench | 75% | 66% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1147 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Mistral?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

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

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.