Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Lite leads with 11.6% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite offers 46.0K more tokens in context window than Phi-3.5-mini-instruct. Both models have similar pricing. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Nova Lite is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 Mini was developed by Microsoft as a small language model designed to deliver impressive performance despite its compact size. Built with efficiency in mind, it demonstrates that capable language understanding and generation can be achieved with fewer parameters, making AI more accessible for edge and resource-constrained deployments.
2 months newer

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23

Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Nova Lite

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Nova Lite

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Nova Lite
Bedrock

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Nova Lite

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Nova Lite

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Azure