Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 17× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 66.3 to 39.5.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.40 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-06-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1468 |
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 22.7% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1452 |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.17 |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1457 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1472 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1497 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1472 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1386 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1454 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1418 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1437 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1398 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1411 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 17× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.60 and $2.40.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Ultra does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.