# Amazon Nova Lite vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

> Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-olmo-3-1-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 36.1 to 26.3.
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 265 | 168 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1347 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1322 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1305 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1308 |
| 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)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1336 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1299 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1312 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1309 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.