Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Lite leads with 1.1% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite offers 39.9K more tokens in context window than Gemma 3 27B. Both models have similar pricing. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Gemma 3 27B represents the largest variant in the Gemma 3 family, developed to provide flagship-level open-source capabilities. Built with advanced training methodologies and 27 billion parameters, it offers researchers and developers access to powerful language understanding without proprietary restrictions.
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 27B
2025-03-12
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Gemma 3 27B

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

Gemma 3 27B

Nova Lite
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemma 3 27B
DeepInfra
Novita


Gemma 3 27B

Nova Lite

Gemma 3 27B

Nova Lite
Nova Lite
Bedrock