Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Lite leads with 28.1% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Nova Lite is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2 Base is a language model developed by Moonshot AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.2% across 13 benchmarks. It excels particularly in C-Eval (92.5%), GSM8k (92.1%), MMLU-redux-2.0 (90.2%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Moonshot AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
Amazon
Nova Lite is a multimodal language model developed by Amazon. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 70.7% across 27 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (94.5%), ARC-C (92.4%), DocVQA (92.4%). It supports a 302K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents Amazon's latest advancement in AI technology.
7 months newer
Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20
Kimi K2 Base
Moonshot AI
2025-07-11
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 36 common benchmarks
Kimi K2 Base
Nova Lite
Available providers and their performance metrics
Kimi K2 Base
Nova Lite
Bedrock
Kimi K2 Base
Nova Lite
Kimi K2 Base
Nova Lite