# Amazon Nova Micro vs Nemotron 3 Super

> Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Super's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-nemotron-3-super
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 56.1 to 39.7.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.08 / $0.45 for Nemotron 3 Super.
- Nemotron 3 Super accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
- Nemotron 3 Super has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 39.6 |
| Rank | 290 | 147 |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | $0.08 |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | $0.45 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.0 (#289)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#153)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1403 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 21.9 (#125)
- Nemotron 3 Super: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 16.7 (#289)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 17.9 (#274)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1386 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 24.9 (#252)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 37.6 (#95)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1381 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.2 (#231)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 38.2 (#136)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1397 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.7 (#234)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 48.6 (#139)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1356 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1430 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1404 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.6 (#267)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 71.4 (#149)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1347 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#224)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#134)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1206 | 1362 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.7 (#242)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 56.1 (#135)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1369 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Nemotron 3 Super?

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Super's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Nemotron 3 Super?

Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Super lists at $0.08 and $0.45.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 30.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3 Super does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Nemotron 3 Super share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.