Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Amazon Nova Pro
Amazon Nova Lite and Amazon Nova Pro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.9 vs 31.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 33 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 33 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and Amazon Nova Pro in 8 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Amazon Nova Pro leads 64.9 to 59.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Instruction Following: 54.1% for Amazon Nova Lite and 67.1% for Amazon Nova Pro.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.80 / $3.20 for Amazon Nova Pro.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 31.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-12-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 300K |
| Max output | 10K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.80 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $3.20 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 38 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | 38.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1270 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 25% |
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.7% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | 32.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1246 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | 48.3% |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | 43.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 123.8 |
Math Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 24.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | 38% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1252 |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | 4.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 67.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 44.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1211 |
| MMLU | 77% | 82% |
| Confabulations | — | 30.1% |
Multimodal Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 980 |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1234 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1244 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1271 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1243 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1200 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1203 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1240 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1182 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | 67.1% |
| IFEval | 77.6% | 81.5% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1235 |
Long Context Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1255 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1259 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1212 |
| WildBench | 75% | 77.7% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1246 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | 37% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 60.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Amazon Nova Pro?
Amazon Nova Lite and Amazon Nova Pro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.9 vs 31.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Amazon Nova Pro?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Pro lists at $0.80 and $3.20.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Amazon Nova Pro better for coding?
Amazon Nova Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 300K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Amazon Nova Pro share?
33 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Amazon Nova Pro has 38.