Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Grok 4.1
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 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 4.1 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.1 leads 62.4 to 39.5.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 41.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-11-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1445 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1214 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
| Cybench | — | 39% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1435 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1422 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1417 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1438 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1400 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1437 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Grok 4.1?
Grok 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Grok 4.1 better for coding?
Grok 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.7 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Grok 4.1 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.