# Amazon Nova Micro vs Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat

> Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-llama2-70b-steerlm-chat
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 5 categories and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Micro leads 39.5 to 31.6.
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 31.8 |
| Rank | 294 | 268 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295)
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 29.9 (#300)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1025 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132)
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294)
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 20.0 (#246)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1047 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254)
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.3 (#226)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1072 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237)
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239)
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 28.8 (#270)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1063 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | — |
| LMArena French | 1238 | — |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272)
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 54.2 (#279)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1060 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229)
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 30.4 (#288)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 998 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247)
- Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat: 31.6 (#283)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1098 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1058 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat?

Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.8 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (30.5 vs 29.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Llama2 70b Steerlm Chat has 9.