# Amazon Nova Lite vs Molmo 2 8b

> Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-molmo-2-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Molmo 2 8b leads 67.0 to 59.3.
- Molmo 2 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 265 | 174 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1287 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1081 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Molmo 2 8b share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.