Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Lite leads with 2.5% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite offers 39.9K more tokens in context window than Gemma 3 12B. Both models have similar pricing. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Gemma 3 12B was developed as part of the third generation of Google's open-source model family, designed to provide enhanced capabilities in a mid-sized format. Built with improved architecture and training techniques, it balances performance with practical deployment considerations for diverse use cases.
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.
3 months newer

Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20

Gemma 3 12B
2025-03-12
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Gemma 3 12B

Nova Lite
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 8 common benchmarks

Gemma 3 12B

Nova Lite
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemma 3 12B
DeepInfra

Nova Lite

Gemma 3 12B

Nova Lite

Gemma 3 12B

Nova Lite
Bedrock