# Amazon Nova Lite vs Granite 4.0 Micro

> Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-granite-4-0-micro
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Lite leads 26.3 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 60% for Amazon Nova Lite and 39.5% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.06 / $0.24 for Amazon Nova Lite.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 131K.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 29.0 |
| Rank | 265 | 318 |
| Context | 300K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.017 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $0.11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 20.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 30.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 77.6% | 84.9% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 75% | 67% |
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Amazon Nova Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Lite lists at $0.06 and $0.24.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.