# Amazon Nova Micro vs Wizardlm 70b

> Wizardlm 70b is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-wizardlm-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 4 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Amazon Nova Micro leads 36.5 to 29.6.
- Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 33.0 |
| Rank | 294 | 249 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295)
- Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1081 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132)
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294)
- Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1079 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254)
- Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1116 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237)
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
- Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1052 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1155 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272)
- Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1093 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229)
- Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1097 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247)
- Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1108 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Wizardlm 70b?

Wizardlm 70b is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (30.5 vs 31.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.