# Amazon Nova Micro vs Granite 4.0 H Small

> Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-ibm-granite-h-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Granite 4.0 H Small leads 68.7 to 56.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is IFEval: 76% for Amazon Nova Micro and 89% for Granite 4.0 H Small.
- Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 36.5 |
| Rank | 294 | 214 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1249 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1240 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | 29.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1247 |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | 56.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | 38.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1251 |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1216 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1201 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1258 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | — |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 76% | 89% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1222 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1242 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247)
- Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Granite 4.0 H Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1241 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1211 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | 73.9% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1242 |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

Granite 4.0 H Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.

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

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.