Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 leads with 11.3% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
NVIDIA
Nemotron Nano 9B v2 is a language model developed by NVIDIA. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 77.0% across 6 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.8%), IFEval (90.3%), AIME 2025 (72.1%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents NVIDIA's latest advancement in AI technology.
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.
9 months newer

Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20

Nemotron Nano 9B v2
NVIDIA
2025-08-18
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Nova Lite
Nemotron Nano 9B v2
2024-09
Available providers and their performance metrics

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Nova Lite
Bedrock

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Nova Lite

Nemotron Nano 9B v2

Nova Lite