Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Super's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 55.9 to 39.5.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.08 / $0.45 for Nemotron 3 Super.
- Nemotron 3 Super accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
- Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 40.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-03-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $0.08 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.45 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1403 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Nemotron 3 Super: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1386 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1380 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1398 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1355 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1432 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1405 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1347 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1362 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1369 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Nemotron 3 Super?
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Super's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Nemotron 3 Super?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Super lists at $0.08 and $0.45.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Super does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Nemotron 3 Super share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.