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Grok-4 Heavy vs Nova Micro
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Grok-4 Heavy leads with 48.4% higher average benchmark score. Grok-4 Heavy supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Grok-4 Heavy is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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xAI
Grok 4 Heavy was created as a larger, more capable variant of Grok 4, designed to provide maximum reasoning depth and analytical capability. Built for the most demanding applications requiring sophisticated problem-solving, it represents xAI's flagship offering in the fourth generation.
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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.
7 months newer
Nova Micro
Amazon
2024-11-20
Grok-4 Heavy
xAI
2025-07-09
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Grok-4 Heavy
Average Score:88.4%(+48.4%)
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Nova Micro
Average Score:40.0%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Grok-4 Heavy
2024-12-31
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Grok-4 Heavy
0 providers
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Nova Micro
1 providers
Bedrock
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Grok-4 Heavy
Avg Score:88.4%(+48.4%)
Providers:0
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Nova Micro
Avg Score:40.0%
Providers:1