# Amazon Nova Lite vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

> Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 37.5 to 26.3.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.06 / $0.24 for Amazon Nova Lite.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 40.0 |
| Rank | 265 | 155 |
| Context | 300K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $0.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1375 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1337 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1359 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1356 |
| 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)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1359 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1366 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1345 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1318 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1314 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Lite lists at $0.06 and $0.24.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 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 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.