# Amazon Nova Micro vs Mistral Large 4

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 17× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-mistral-large-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 4 leads 60.4 to 39.5.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 294 | 99 |
| Context | 128K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | $0.68 |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | $2.09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295)
- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1475 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132)
- Mistral Large 4: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294)
- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1444 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254)
- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1488 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237)
- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239)
- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | — |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272)
- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1424 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229)
- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1429 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247)
- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1424 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 17× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Mistral Large 4?

Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Mistral Large 4 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.