Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Super's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and Nemotron 3 Super in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 55.9 to 42.1.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.08 / $0.45 for Nemotron 3 Super.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 40.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-03-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.08 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.45 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1403 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 213.9 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1386 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1380 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1398 |
| 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: 25.5 (#123), Nemotron 3 Super: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1355 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1432 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1405 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1347 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1362 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1369 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Nemotron 3 Super?
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Super's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Nemotron 3 Super?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Super lists at $0.08 and $0.45.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Nemotron 3 Super share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.