Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Moonshot AI
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905 is a language model developed by Moonshot AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 64.1% across 29 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.4%), MMLU-Redux (92.7%), IFEval (89.8%). 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.
9 months newer
Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Moonshot AI
2025-09-05
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 53 common benchmarks
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Nova Lite
Available providers and their performance metrics
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Nova Lite
Bedrock
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Nova Lite
Kimi K2-Instruct-0905
Nova Lite