Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Micro leads with 2.6% higher average benchmark score. Gemma 3 4B offers 6.1K more tokens in context window than Nova Micro. Both models have similar pricing. Gemma 3 4B supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Gemma 3 4B was developed as a compact yet capable open-source model, designed to strike a balance between performance and resource efficiency. Built with 4 billion parameters and instruction tuning, it provides a practical option for applications requiring moderate capability with manageable computational costs.
Amazon
Amazon Nova Micro was created as an ultra-compact multimodal model, designed for deployment in resource-constrained environments. Built to bring text and image understanding to edge devices and latency-sensitive applications, it extends Amazon's AI capabilities to minimal footprint scenarios.
3 months newer

Nova Micro
Amazon
2024-11-20

Gemma 3 4B
2025-03-12
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Gemma 3 4B

Nova Micro
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Gemma 3 4B

Nova Micro
Gemma 3 4B
2024-08-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemma 3 4B
DeepInfra

Nova Micro

Gemma 3 4B

Nova Micro

Gemma 3 4B

Nova Micro
Bedrock