# Amazon Nova Micro vs Granite 3.1 2b Instruct

> Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-granite-3-1-2b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Amazon Nova Micro leads 36.5 to 29.1.
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 33.2 |
| Rank | 294 | 247 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.4 (#257)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1149 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 22.0 (#209)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1138 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 33.1 (#206)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1159 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.8 (#224)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1131 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.1 (#269)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1068 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1139 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1063 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | — |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 57.7 (#264)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1116 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#244)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1155 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.1 (#274)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1127 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1116 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1099 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Granite 3.1 2b Instruct?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better for coding?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.4 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12.