# Amazon Nova Lite vs Pixtral Large

> Amazon Nova Lite and Pixtral Large score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.9 vs 32.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-pixtral-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and Pixtral Large in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 42.1 to 32.9.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 128K.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 265 | 259 |
| Context | 300K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $2 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1089 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Pixtral Large?

Amazon Nova Lite and Pixtral Large score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.9 vs 32.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Pixtral Large?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Pixtral Large share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.