Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Amazon Nova Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.4 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Micro leads 39.5 to 31.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 34.5% for Amazon Nova Micro and 17.6% for Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 29.3 |
| 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 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1101 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | 15.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | 30.3% |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | 24% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Too close to call
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1151 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1067 |
| MMLU | 70.8% | 75.7% |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1111 |
Instruction Following Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1087 |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Amazon Nova Micro leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | 12.9% |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Amazon Nova Micro is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.4 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Amazon Nova Micro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.5 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.