# Amazon Nova Pro vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

> Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-pro-vs-gemini-1-5-flash-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 7 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Pro leads 28.5 to 14.2.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Google |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 29.9 |
| Rank | 281 | 301 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.80 | — |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1270 | 1218 |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.1% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 25% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 1.7% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | 1209 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 32.6% | — |
| DTBench | — | 50% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 48.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.8 | — |
| LiveBench | 43.5% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1207 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 4.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 24.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 38% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1185 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 33% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.4% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 30.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.6% | — |
| MMLU | 82% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 980 | 1044 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1234 | 1215 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1244 | 1231 |
| LMArena French | 1271 | 1234 |
| LMArena German | 1243 | 1206 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1200 | 1150 |
| LMArena Korean | 1203 | 1140 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1236 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1182 | 1212 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1235 | 1199 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.1% | — |
| IFEval | 81.5% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1255 | 1219 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226)
- Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1259 | 1226 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1212 | 1218 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1246 | 1185 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 60.5% | — |
| WildBench | 77.7% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 37% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Pro better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Pro or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.1 vs 35.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.