Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 65.5 to 56.3.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1269 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1255 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1265 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1238 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1257 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1262 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1286 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1273 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1195 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1261 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1279 |
Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1245 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1281 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1242 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1265 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.