Model comparison

Amazon Nova Pro vs Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Pro Amazon

31.0

Rank #281 Confirmed

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 7 categories and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Pro leads 28.5 to 14.2.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifications
Amazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
ProviderAmazonGoogle
Noometry Index31.029.9
Released2024-12-032024-10-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.80—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked3821

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Coding12701218
LiveBench Coding38.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard25%—
TheAgentCompany1.7%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts12461209
LiveBench Reasoning32.6%—
DTBench—50%
LiveBench Data Analysis48.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index123.8—
LiveBench43.5%—

Math Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Math12521207
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—4.6%
Omni-MATH24.2%—
LiveBench Math38%—

Knowledge Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Expert12111185
GPQA Diamond—33%
Humanity's Last Exam4.4%—
MMLU-Pro67.3%—
Confabulations30.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.1%—
GPQA (HELM)44.6%—
MMLU82%—

Multimodal Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Vision9801044

Multilingual Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Non-English12341215
LMArena Chinese12441231
LMArena French12711234
LMArena German12431206
LMArena Japanese12001150
LMArena Korean12031140
LMArena Russian12401236
LMArena Spanish11821212

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Instruction Following12351199
LiveBench Instruction Following67.1%—
IFEval81.5%—

Long Context Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Longer Query12551219

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226), Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
LMArena Text12591226
LMArena Creative Writing12121218
LMArena Multi-Turn12461185
Short-Story Creative Writing60.5%—
WildBench77.7%—
LiveBench Language37%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Pro better than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B?

Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Pro or Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.1 vs 35.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21.

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