Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 27.8.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 56.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-09-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1550 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1678 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 55% |
| SciCode | — | 61.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 82.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 13,718 |
Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1548 |
| CritPt | — | 27.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Gemini 4 Argon leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1536 |
| ProofBench | — | 99% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1553 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 54.4% |
Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1523 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1610 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1537 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1497 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1538 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1549 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemini 4 Argon |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1534 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1531 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1557 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemini 4 Argon?
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?
Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemini 4 Argon share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.