# Amazon Nova Lite vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 10.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 26.0.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.40 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 44.7 |
| Rank | 262 | 71 |
| Context | 300K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.60 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $2.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 37.7 (#174)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1468 |
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 30.3 (#78)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1452 |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.2 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 34.4 (#160)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1456 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#56)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1472 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.4% |
| 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 Ultra: —

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

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.7 (#61)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1498 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1475 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1387 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1415 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.9 (#84)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1417 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#77)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1437 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#35)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1444 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1392 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1412 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 10.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.60 and $2.40.

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 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 Ultra share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 29.