Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 3 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 33.4 to 26.9.
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1130 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1127 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1173 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1108 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1108 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1110 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1095 |
Instruction Following Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1113 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1107 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1088 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.