Noometry

Model comparison

Amazon Nova Lite vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.9

Rank #265 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct IBM

30.8

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 42.1 to 29.6.
  • Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
ProviderAmazonIBM
Noometry Index31.930.8
Released2024-12-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.24—
Results tracked3413

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Category by category

Coding Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Coding12391090
BigCodeBench Instruct—20.5%
LiveBench Coding27.5%—
ALE-Bench236.25—

Reasoning Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12201073
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%—
LiveBench36.4%—

Math Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Math12271117
Omni-MATH23.3%—
LiveBench Math36.7%—

Knowledge Granite 3.0 2b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert12011064
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU-Pro60%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)39.7%—
MMLU77%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: —

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Vision990—

Multilingual Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English12081033
LMArena Chinese12251070
LMArena Russian12161045
LMArena French1237—
LMArena German1229—
LMArena Japanese1153—
LMArena Korean1153—
LMArena Spanish1226—

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12051056
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%—
IFEval77.6%—

Long Context Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12341070

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Lite leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteGranite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Text12291080
LMArena Creative Writing11971046
LMArena Multi-Turn11991053
WildBench75%—
LiveBench Language25.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Lite or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.

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