Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Lite leads with 55.2% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Nova Lite is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Mistral AI
Magistral Small 2506 is a language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 63.2% across 4 benchmarks. Notable strengths include AIME 2024 (70.7%), GPQA (68.2%), AIME 2025 (62.8%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Mistral 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.
6 months newer
Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20
Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 30 common benchmarks
Magistral Small 2506
Nova Lite
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Magistral Small 2506
Nova Lite
Bedrock
Magistral Small 2506
Nova Lite
Magistral Small 2506
Nova Lite