Nova Micro
Dec 2024
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Nova Micro measured on 3 of 42 Agents & Tool Use benchmarks3
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Ranking?
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218Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct14.6220Nova Micro14220Nova Pro14Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
CheaperQwen3.5 2Bnon-thinkingOpen×5.8-35%$0.02 / $0.10
BetterMinistral 3 3B 2512Open+77%+63%$0.008
OpenGLM 5.2max×7.1+3,410%$1.28CheaperQwen3.5 0.8Bnon-thinkingOpen×4.6-67%$0.01 / $0.05
CheaperGPT OSS 20BhighOpen×4.3-41%$0.011ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Qwen3.5 2Bnon-thinkingOpen×5.8-35%$0.02 / $0.10Qwen3.5 0.8Bnon-thinkingOpen×4.6-67%$0.01 / $0.05GPT OSS 20BhighOpen×4.3-41%$0.011
Gemma 4 E4Bnon-thinkingOpen+85%-35%$0.02 / $0.10Qwen3 0.6BthinkingOpen+50%-18%$0.04 / $0.08Context: 128K → 33KModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Ministral 3 3B 2512Open+77%+63%$0.008Gemma 4 E4BthinkingOpen+48%-35%$0.008GPT OSS 20BhighOpen×4.3-41%$0.011Ministral 3 8B 2512Open+90%+145%$0.011
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BthinkingOpen×2.9+71%$0.017ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
GLM 5.2maxOpen×7.1+3,410%$1.28GLM 4.7 FlashthinkingOpen×7+137%$0.061 / $0.40
Step 3.7 FlashhighOpen×7+614%$0.20 / $1.15GLM 5thinkingOpen×7+2,431%$1 / $3.20GLM 5.1thinkingOpen×7+3,410%$0.75ModelScoreCostPer taskWhat changes
Nova 2.0 Pro Previewmedium×6.6——Nova 2.0 Omnimedium×5.7—$0.30 / $2.50Nova 2.0 Litemedium×5.4—$0.30 / $2.50No strict JSONNova Premiernon-thinking×2.7—$2.50 / $12.50No strict JSONNova Lite+25%—$0.06 / $0.24Nova Pronon-thinkingsame—$0.80 / $3.20Nova 2 Liteunstatedn/a—$0.30 / $2.50No strict JSONNova Lite 1.0n/a—$0.06 / $0.24No strict JSONAll Amazon models →Benchmarks
in Agents & Tool Useτ²-bench · AA14#220
FAQ
How much does Nova Micro cost?›
$0.035 per 1M input tokens and $0.14 per 1M output tokens (cheapest host: AWS Bedrock).
Is Nova Micro free to use?›
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.035 per 1M input tokens.
How good is Nova Micro, and what is it best at?›
#214 of 251 in Agents & Tool Use.
Is Nova Micro better than Nova Pro?›
On τ²-bench · AA, Nova Micro scores 14 vs 14 — about the same.
How can I use Nova Micro?›
Through the API of AWS Bedrock.
What is the context window of Nova Micro?›
128K tokens.
When was Nova Micro released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2024-12-03. It is the current version in its line.
Can Nova Micro read images?›
No, it accepts text only.
What is Nova Micro?›
Nova Micro is a language model from Amazon, released Dec 2024.
What are the best alternatives to Nova Micro?›
Qwen3.5 2B (cheaper), Ministral 3 3B 2512 (better), GLM 5.2 (open weights).