Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision) vs Nova Lite
Wins 0 of 6 areas
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Wins 5 of 6 areas
Coding · Facts · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Nova Lite is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 21 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software01Nova Lite1 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up01Nova Lite1 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video01Nova Lite1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01Nova Lite1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Nova Lite1 of 1 test
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking11Even1 each · 1 tie
Images and charts, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Nova Lite costs 57% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Nova Lite pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+24.3points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+21.2points ahead
- Harder college exam questions with imagesMMMU-Pro+8.5points ahead
Where Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision) pulls ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+1.2points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 21 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingNova Lite
- SciCodeNova Lite by 2.711.213.9+2.7
- Terminal-Bench Hardtie0.80.8tie
ReasoningEven
- GPQA DiamondNova Lite by 21.222.143.3+21.2
- Humanity's Last ExamLlama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision) by 1.25.54.3+1.2
- CritPttie00tie
FactsNova Lite
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationNova Lite by 24.318.142.4+24.3
- AA-Omniscience · Accuracytie10.69.8tie
Following instructionsNova Lite
- IFBenchNova Lite by 3.730.434.1+3.7
Other results11 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceNova Lite by 20.4-62.6-42.2+20.4
- OpenBookQANova Lite by 20.472.492.8+20.4
- MMLUNova Lite by 18.251.169.3+18.2
- GSM8KNova Lite by 12.282.394.5+12.2
- naturalquestions_closedbookNova Lite by 11.823.435.2+11.8
- MATHNova Lite by 473.977.9+4
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Nova Lite by 2.914.617.5+2.9
- AA IntelligenceNova Lite by 1.35.46.7+1.3
- NarrativeQANova Lite by 1.275.676.8+1.2
- AA Agentic Indextie4.95.8tie
- Artificial Analysis Coding Indextie4.25.1tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision) or Nova Lite?
Nova Lite wins five of the six areas where both have results: coding, facts, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision) wins none. They are level on reasoning.
Which is better for coding?
Nova Lite. It wins 1 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision) wins none, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
Llama 3.2 Instruct 11B (Vision) costs $0.34 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Nova Lite costs $0.06 and $0.24. That makes Nova Lite about 57% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 21 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 11 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.