# Amazon Nova Micro vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct

> Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-llama-3-1-nemotron-51b-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 1 category and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads 32.0 to 24.9.
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 35.2 |
| Rank | 290 | 219 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.0 (#289)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 35.0 (#219)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1223 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 21.9 (#125)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 16.7 (#289)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 22.5 (#177)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1204 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 24.9 (#252)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 32.0 (#189)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1230 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.2 (#231)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 31.3 (#213)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1167 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.7 (#234)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.3 (#236)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1181 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1179 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1186 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.6 (#267)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 63.2 (#228)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1201 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#224)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.5 (#225)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1206 | 1205 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.7 (#242)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 43.5 (#224)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1228 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1213 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1227 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct better for coding?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.0 versus 30.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has 12.