Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs GPT-5.2 Codex
GPT-5.2 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 79× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Summary
- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.2 Codex leads 40.7 to 21.9.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.2 Codex.
- GPT-5.2 Codex accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 42.2 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-12-18 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 400K |
| Max output | 10K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $1.75 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $14 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.2 Codex leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.0 (#289), GPT-5.2 Codex: 45.4 (#66)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 72.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1339 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 66.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,300 |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.2 Codex leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 21.9 (#125), GPT-5.2 Codex: 40.7 (#20)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 66.5% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 16.7 (#289), GPT-5.2 Codex: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 24.9 (#252), GPT-5.2 Codex: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.2 (#231), GPT-5.2 Codex: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.7 (#234), GPT-5.2 Codex: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.6 (#267), GPT-5.2 Codex: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#224), GPT-5.2 Codex: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1206 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.7 (#242), GPT-5.2 Codex: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | GPT-5.2 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | — |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than GPT-5.2 Codex?
GPT-5.2 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 79× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or GPT-5.2 Codex?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Codex lists at $1.75 and $14.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or GPT-5.2 Codex better for coding?
GPT-5.2 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.4 versus 30.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.2 Codex does, with 400K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and GPT-5.2 Codex share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.2 Codex has 5.