Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 2 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads 67.1 to 59.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Language: 25.9% for Amazon Nova Lite and 45.6% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 34 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 32.9 (#254)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | 46.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1288 |
| WeirdML | — | 22.2% |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.4 (#294)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | 54.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1272 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | 54.5% |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | 54.3% |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.7% |
| DTBench | — | 65.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 130.48 |
Math Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | 54.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1283 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 11.5% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 63.5% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.7% |
Knowledge Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#225)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1254 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 53.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 20.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1282 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1289 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1317 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1287 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1244 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1237 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1286 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1281 |
Instruction Following Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 67.1 (#197)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | 69.6% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1270 |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.7 (#186)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Grok-2 (Dec 2024) leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1305 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1284 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1290 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | 45.6% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 63.6% |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?
Grok-2 (Dec 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (32.0 vs 32.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.