Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3 Opus leads with 1.2% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Opus offers 98.0K more tokens in context window than Nova Lite. Nova Lite is $89.70 cheaper per million tokens. Claude 3 Opus is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Opus was developed as the most capable model in the Claude 3 family, designed to set new industry benchmarks across a wide range of cognitive tasks. Built to handle complex analysis and extended tasks requiring deep reasoning, it balanced frontier intelligence with careful safety considerations, representing the flagship tier of the Claude 3 generation.
Amazon
Amazon Nova Lite was developed as a lightweight multimodal model, designed to provide efficient AI capabilities for text and image understanding. Built to serve cost-sensitive applications with quick response times, it represents Amazon's entry-level offering in the Nova family.
8 months newer

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
2024-02-29

Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude 3 Opus

Nova Lite
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Opus

Nova Lite
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Opus
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Opus

Nova Lite

Claude 3 Opus

Nova Lite

Nova Lite
Bedrock