# Amazon Nova Lite vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

> Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-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 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 42.3 to 27.3.
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 29.1 |
| Rank | 262 | 303 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1040 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1028 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1089 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 984 |
| 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)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1038 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1058 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1023 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 996 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 989 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.0 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.