# Amazon Nova Pro vs Gemma 2 9B

> Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-pro-vs-gemma-2-9b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 26

## Summary

- They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Pro leads 28.5 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 38% for Amazon Nova Pro and 19.8% for Gemma 2 9B.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Google |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 25.9 |
| Rank | 281 | 341 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.80 | — |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229)
- Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 38.1% | 22.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1270 | 1173 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 34.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147)
- Gemma 2 9B: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 25% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 1.7% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243)
- Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 32.6% | 15.2% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | 1171 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 48.3% | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.8 | 119.83 |
| LiveBench | 43.5% | 28.7% |
| PIQA | — | 83.7% |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243)
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 38% | 19.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1183 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
| Omni-MATH | 24.2% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 21% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.9% |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250)
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1147 |
| MMLU | 82% | 72.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.4% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 30.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.6% | — |
| BoolQ | — | 85.7% |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126)
- Gemma 2 9B: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 980 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223)
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1234 | 1188 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1244 | 1185 |
| LMArena French | 1271 | 1190 |
| LMArena German | 1243 | 1186 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1200 | 1144 |
| LMArena Korean | 1203 | 1137 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1200 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1182 | 1200 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226)
- Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.1% | 52.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1235 | 1178 |
| IFEval | 81.5% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205)
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1255 | 1197 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226)
- Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1259 | 1207 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1212 | 1206 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1246 | 1193 |
| LiveBench Language | 37% | 25.5% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 60.5% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 841 |
| WildBench | 77.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Pro better than Gemma 2 9B?

Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Pro or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?

Amazon Nova Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and Gemma 2 9B share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.