# Amazon Nova Lite vs Nemotron 3 Super

> Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Super's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-nemotron-3-super
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and Nemotron 3 Super in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 56.1 to 42.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.08 / $0.45 for Nemotron 3 Super.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 39.6 |
| Rank | 262 | 147 |
| Context | 300K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.08 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $0.45 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#153)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1403 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 213.9 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 17.9 (#274)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1386 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 37.6 (#95)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1381 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 38.2 (#136)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1397 |
| 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)
- Nemotron 3 Super: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 48.6 (#139)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1356 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1430 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1404 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 71.4 (#149)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1347 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#134)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1362 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 56.1 (#135)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1369 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Nemotron 3 Super?

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Super's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Nemotron 3 Super?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Super lists at $0.08 and $0.45.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 32.0 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 Super share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.