Llama 3.2 11B Instruct vs Nova Lite Comparison
Comparing Llama 3.2 11B Instruct and Nova Lite across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nova Lite is better at 6 benchmarks (ChartQA, DocVQA, GPQA, MATH, MMLU, MMMU).
Nova Lite significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Llama 3.2 11B Instruct ($0.05/1M tokens) is 1.2x cheaper than Nova Lite ($0.06/1M tokens).
For output processing, Llama 3.2 11B Instruct ($0.05/1M tokens) is 4.8x cheaper than Nova Lite ($0.24/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Nova Lite is more expensive than Llama 3.2 11B Instruct.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Nova Lite accepts 300,000 input tokens compared to Llama 3.2 11B Instruct's 128,000 tokens. Llama 3.2 11B Instruct can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Nova Lite is limited to 2,048 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Both Llama 3.2 11B Instruct and Nova Lite support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Nova Lite
License
Usage and distribution terms
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.2 Community License, while Nova Lite uses a proprietary license.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Llama 3.2 Community License
Open weights
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct was released on 2024-09-25, while Nova Lite was released on 2024-11-20.
Nova Lite is 2 months newer than Llama 3.2 11B Instruct.
Sep 25, 2024
1.5 years ago
Nov 20, 2024
1.3 years ago
1mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Nova Lite's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Llama 3.2 11B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Nova Lite's cutoff date.
Dec 2023
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Provider Availability
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Sambanova, Bedrock, Groq, Together, Fireworks. Nova Lite is available from Bedrock. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Nova Lite
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Nova Lite
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Detailed Comparison
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