Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Lite leads with 5.4% higher average benchmark score. 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 MoE was created using a mixture-of-experts architecture, designed to provide enhanced capabilities while maintaining efficiency through sparse activation. Built to combine the benefits of larger models with practical computational requirements, it represents Microsoft's exploration of efficient scaling techniques.
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Microsoft
2024-08-23

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Amazon
2024-11-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

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Available providers and their performance metrics

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Bedrock

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