Model comparison

Amazon Nova Pro vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.5 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Pro Amazon

30.5

Rank #278 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

28.8

Rank #310 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Amazon Nova Pro leads 65.1 to 52.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Language: 37% for Amazon Nova Pro and 12.9% for Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
Amazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderAmazonMicrosoft
Noometry Index30.528.8
Released2024-12-032024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.80—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked3832

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Category by category

Coding Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 34.6 (#224), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.4 (#313)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Coding38.1%20.3%
LMArena Coding12701102

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Amazon Nova Pro: 16.6 (#139), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard25%—
TheAgentCompany1.7%—

Reasoning Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 19.2 (#240), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.2 (#319)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Reasoning32.6%15.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts12461100
LiveBench Data Analysis48.3%30.3%
LiveBench43.5%24%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index123.75—
HellaSwag—77%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 26.4 (#240), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 25.4 (#247)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Math38%17.6%
LMArena Math12521151
Omni-MATH24.2%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 27.1 (#246), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#237)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert12111067
MMLU82%75.7%
Humanity's Last Exam4.4%—
MMLU-Pro67.3%—
Confabulations30.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.1%—
GPQA (HELM)44.6%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Pro: 24.5 (#121), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Vision980—

Multilingual Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 39.9 (#218), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.6 (#267)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12341058
LMArena Chinese12441061
LMArena French12701134
LMArena German12431080
LMArena Japanese1200966
LMArena Korean1203894
LMArena Russian12401111
LMArena Spanish11821111

Instruction Following Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 65.1 (#221), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 52.2 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following67.1%47.2%
LMArena Instruction Following12351087
IFEval81.5%—

Long Context Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#199), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#262)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12551088

Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Pro leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 44.1 (#221), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.3 (#279)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text12591110
LMArena Creative Writing12121083
LMArena Multi-Turn12451068
LiveBench Language37%12.9%
Short-Story Creative Writing60.5%—
WildBench77.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Pro better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.5 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Pro or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Amazon Nova Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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