Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Gemma 2 2b IT
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 5 categories and Gemma 2 2b IT in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 38.2 to 32.5.
- Gemma 2 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 32.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266), Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1112 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257), Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1113 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243), Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1135 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254), Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1096 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118), Gemma 2 2b IT: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1132 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1156 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1083 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1055 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1140 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250), Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1118 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212), Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1130 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232), Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1156 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1147 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1118 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Gemma 2 2b IT?
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (32.0 vs 31.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Gemma 2 2b IT share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.