Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Amazon Nova Micro and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.4 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Micro leads 39.5 to 27.1.
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1028 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1089 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 984 |
| 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 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1039 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1059 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1023 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 996 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 989 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Amazon Nova Micro and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.4 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
Amazon Nova Micro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.5 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.