Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 26.3 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 60% for Amazon Nova Lite and 39.5% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.06 / $0.24 for Amazon Nova Lite.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 131K.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 131K |
| Max output | 10K | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 20.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 30.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 77.6% | 84.9% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 75% | 67% |
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Granite 4.0 Micro?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Lite lists at $0.06 and $0.24.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.