Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs GLM-5.3
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3 leads 62.3 to 27.8.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.3.
- GLM-5.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 300K.
- GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 54.8 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-08-14 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $4.40 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 42 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1496 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 1,317 |
| DeepSWE | — | 69% |
| FrontierCode | — | 40.1% |
| CursorBench | — | 42.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1622 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 30.2% |
| SciCode | — | 59% |
| WeirdML | — | 75.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 56.6% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 8,164 |
Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1489 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.2% |
| CritPt | — | 19.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 33% |
| DTBench | — | 87.7% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 55.5% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.15 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 155.61 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math GLM-5.3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1489 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 68.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 29.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 49% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1516 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), GLM-5.3: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1457 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1528 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1499 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1499 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1453 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1472 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1463 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1460 |
Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1477 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context GLM-5.3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1482 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1457 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1472 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2075 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GLM-5.3?
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5.3?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GLM-5.3 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or GLM-5.3 better for coding?
GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5.3 does, with 1M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and GLM-5.3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.