Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs GPT-5.5 Pro
GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 643× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 84.0 to 27.8.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.5 Pro.
- GPT-5.5 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 64.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $180 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), GPT-5.5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 84.6% |
| SimpleBench | — | 76.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 96.5% |
| CritPt | — | 30.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 64% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| DTBench | — | 96% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 53.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 162.07 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 87.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 78% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 100% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 52.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 39.6% |
Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 93.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), GPT-5.5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), GPT-5.5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), GPT-5.5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), GPT-5.5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), GPT-5.5 Pro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | GPT-5.5 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than GPT-5.5 Pro?
GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 643× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.5 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or GPT-5.5 Pro?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; GPT-5.5 Pro lists at $30 and $180.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.5 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and GPT-5.5 Pro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.5 Pro has 14.