# Amazon Nova Micro vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite

> Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-gemini-2-0-flash-lite
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 29

## Summary

- They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 70.4 to 56.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Data Analysis: 34% for Amazon Nova Micro and 65.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Google |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 37.8 |
| Rank | 294 | 194 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | 47.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1322 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | 50.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1324 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | 65.5% |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | 54.3% |
| DTBench | — | 52.5% |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.1 |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | 37.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | 58.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1309 |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | 72% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | 50% |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1305 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Micro: —
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1100 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1323 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1339 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1347 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1306 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1301 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1325 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1328 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1313 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | 78.3% |
| IFEval | 76% | 82.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1305 |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1320 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247)
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1330 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1319 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | 79% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1307 |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | 34.3% |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32.