# Amazon Nova Pro vs Granite 4.0 Micro

> Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.5 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 34× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-pro-vs-granite-4-0-micro
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Amazon Nova Pro leads 27.1 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 67.3% for Amazon Nova Pro and 39.5% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.80 / $3.20 for Amazon Nova Pro.
- Amazon Nova Pro accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 131K.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 30.5 | 28.8 |
| Rank | 278 | 312 |
| Context | 300K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.80 | $0.017 |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | $0.11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Pro: 34.6 (#224)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 38.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1270 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Pro: 16.6 (#139)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 25% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 1.7% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Pro: 19.2 (#240)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 32.6% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 48.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.75 | — |
| LiveBench | 43.5% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Pro: 26.4 (#240)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 24.2% | 20.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| LiveBench Math | 38% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1252 | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Pro: 27.1 (#246)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 67.3% | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.6% | 30.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.4% | — |
| Confabulations | 30.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | — |
| MMLU | 82% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Pro: 24.5 (#121)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 980 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Pro: 39.9 (#218)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena French | 1270 | — |
| LMArena German | 1243 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1203 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1182 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Pro: 65.1 (#221)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 81.5% | 84.9% |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1235 | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#199)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1255 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Pro: 44.1 (#221)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 77.7% | 67% |
| LMArena Text | 1259 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1212 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 60.5% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1245 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 37% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Pro better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

Amazon Nova Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.5 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 34× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Amazon Nova Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Pro lists at $0.80 and $3.20.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Pro does, with 300K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.