Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Granite 4.0 Micro
Amazon Nova Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.4 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Micro'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 Micro scores higher in 2 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Micro leads 29.6 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 51.1% for Amazon Nova Micro 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 $0.035 / $0.14 for Amazon Nova Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Max output | 10K | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 8 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | 20.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | — |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | 30.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | — |
| LMArena French | 1238 | — |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 76% | 84.9% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | — |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 74.3% | 67% |
| LMArena Text | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
Amazon Nova Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.4 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Micro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro 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 Micro lists at $0.035 and $0.14.
Which has the bigger context window?
Granite 4.0 Micro does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.