Model comparison

Amazon Nova Micro vs Laguna M.1

Laguna M.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Micro Amazon

30.4

Rank #294 Confirmed

Laguna M.1 Poolside

32.5

Rank #256 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where Laguna M.1 leads 36.6 to 30.5.
  • Laguna M.1 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
  • Laguna M.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Micro and Laguna M.1 specifications
Amazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
ProviderAmazonPoolside
Noometry Index30.432.5
Released2024-12-032026-04-28
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K262K
Max output10K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.035—
Output $ / M tokens$0.14—
Results tracked323

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Category by category

Coding Laguna M.1 leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
LMArena WebDev—1349
LiveBench Coding20.2%—
LMArena Coding1218—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Laguna M.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard22.3%—

Reasoning Laguna M.1 leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
LiveBench Reasoning25.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1191—
LiveBench Data Analysis34%—
Surface Evolver Bench—15.6%
LiveBench29.6%—

Math Amazon Nova Micro leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
ProofBench—0%
Omni-MATH21.4%—
LiveBench Math34.5%—
LMArena Math1206—

Knowledge Not comparable

Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Laguna M.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
MMLU-Pro51.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—
GPQA (HELM)38.3%—
LMArena Expert1184—
MMLU70.8%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Laguna M.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
LMArena Non-English1186—
LMArena Chinese1209—
LMArena French1238—
LMArena German1192—
LMArena Japanese1154—
LMArena Korean1150—
LMArena Russian1185—
LMArena Spanish1225—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Laguna M.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
LiveBench Instruction Following48%—
IFEval76%—
LMArena Instruction Following1174—

Long Context Not comparable

Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Laguna M.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
LMArena Longer Query1205—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Laguna M.1: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLaguna M.1
LMArena Text1208—
LMArena Creative Writing1172—
WildBench74.3%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1178—
LiveBench Language15.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Laguna M.1?

Laguna M.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Micro or Laguna M.1 better for coding?

Laguna M.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Laguna M.1 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Laguna M.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Laguna M.1 has 3.

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