Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Micro leads with 5.7% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct offers 6.1K more tokens in context window than Nova Micro. Both models have similar pricing. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 providers. Overall, Nova Micro is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Meta
Llama 3.1 8B was developed as an efficient open-source model, designed to bring capable instruction-following to applications with limited computational resources. Built with 8 billion parameters, it provides a lightweight option for developers seeking reliable performance without the overhead of larger models.
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.
4 months newer

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

Nova Micro
Amazon
2024-11-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Nova Micro
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Nova Micro
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Nova Micro

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Nova Micro
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
Together

Nova Micro
Bedrock