Model comparison

Amazon Nova Micro vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Micro Amazon

29.9

Rank #290 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 68.8 to 56.6.
  • Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Micro and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct specifications
Amazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
ProviderAmazonAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index29.938.8
Released2024-12-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.035—
Output $ / M tokens$0.14—
Results tracked3216

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 30.0 (#289), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 38.9 (#154)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Coding12181346
LiveBench Coding20.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Amazon Nova Micro: 21.9 (#125), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard22.3%—

Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 16.7 (#289), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 25.4 (#131)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts11911322
LiveBench Reasoning25.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis34%—
LiveBench29.6%—

Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 24.9 (#252), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 33.6 (#169)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Math12061305
Omni-MATH21.4%—
LiveBench Math34.5%—

Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 29.2 (#231), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 35.4 (#175)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Expert11841307
MMLU-Pro51.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—
GPQA (HELM)38.3%—
MMLU70.8%—

Multilingual Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 36.7 (#234), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.8 (#185)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Non-English11861275
LMArena Chinese12091304
LMArena French12371328
LMArena German11921283
LMArena Korean11501206
LMArena Russian11851268
LMArena Spanish12251337
LMArena Japanese1154—

Instruction Following Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 56.6 (#267), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.8 (#182)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11741298
LiveBench Instruction Following48%—
IFEval76%—

Long Context Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#224), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12061312

Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 39.7 (#242), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.4 (#179)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroOlmo 3.1 32b Instruct
LMArena Text12081311
LMArena Creative Writing11721264
LMArena Multi-Turn11781309
WildBench74.3%—
LiveBench Language15.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Micro or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 30.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.

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