Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Amazon Nova Pro
Amazon Nova Micro and Amazon Nova Pro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.4 vs 31.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 2 categories and Amazon Nova Pro in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Amazon Nova Pro leads 64.9 to 56.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Language: 15.8% for Amazon Nova Micro and 37% for Amazon Nova Pro.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.80 / $3.20 for Amazon Nova Pro.
- Amazon Nova Pro accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 31.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-12-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 300K |
| Max output | 10K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $0.80 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $3.20 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 38 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | 38.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1270 |
Agentic & Tool Use Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | 25% |
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.7% |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | 32.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1246 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | 48.3% |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | 43.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 123.8 |
Math Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | 24.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | 38% |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1252 |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | 67.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | 5.1% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | 44.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1211 |
| MMLU | 70.8% | 82% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 4.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 30.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: —, Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 980 |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1234 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1244 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1271 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1243 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1200 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1203 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1240 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1182 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | 67.1% |
| IFEval | 76% | 81.5% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1235 |
Long Context Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1255 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Amazon Nova Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1259 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1212 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | 77.7% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1246 |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | 37% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 60.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Amazon Nova Pro?
Amazon Nova Micro and Amazon Nova Pro score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.4 vs 31.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Amazon Nova Pro?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Pro lists at $0.80 and $3.20.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Amazon Nova Pro better for coding?
Amazon Nova Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Pro does, with 300K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Amazon Nova Pro share?
32 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Amazon Nova Pro has 38.