# Amazon Nova Lite vs Nemotron 4 340b Instruct

> Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-nemotron-4-340b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 2 categories and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads 34.3 to 27.8.
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 35.9 |
| Rank | 265 | 223 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1209 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1202 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1216 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1171 |
| 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 4 340b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1206 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1214 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1197 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1192 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1128 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1148 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1219 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1195 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1203 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1225 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1225 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1203 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1214 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Nemotron 4 340b Instruct?

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better for coding?

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.2 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17.