Model comparison

Amazon Nova Micro vs Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Micro Amazon

30.4

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 2 categories and Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b leads 33.9 to 26.9.
  • Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Micro and Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b specifications
Amazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
ProviderAmazonAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index30.435.7
Released2024-12-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.035—
Output $ / M tokens$0.14—
Results tracked3211

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Category by category

Coding Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 34.4 (#235)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Coding12181183
LiveBench Coding20.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard22.3%—

Reasoning Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 22.8 (#188)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts11911174
LiveBench Reasoning25.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis34%—
LiveBench29.6%—

Math Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 33.9 (#198)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Math12061195
Omni-MATH21.4%—
LiveBench Math34.5%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
MMLU-Pro51.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.5%—
GPQA (HELM)38.3%—
LMArena Expert1184—
MMLU70.8%—

Multilingual Amazon Nova Micro leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.4 (#246)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Non-English11861169
LMArena Chinese12091176
LMArena Russian11851193
LMArena French1238—
LMArena German1192—
LMArena Japanese1154—
LMArena Korean1150—
LMArena Spanish1225—

Instruction Following Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b leads

Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 61.3 (#246)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Instruction Following11741174
LiveBench Instruction Following48%—
IFEval76%—

Long Context Too close to call

Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 35.8 (#239)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Longer Query12051181

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b: 39.7 (#245)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova MicroLlama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b
LMArena Text12081193
LMArena Creative Writing11721182
LMArena Multi-Turn11781154
WildBench74.3%—
LiveBench Language15.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b?

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Micro or Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b better for coding?

Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Tulu 3 8b has 11.

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