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Nova Micro vs Phi 4 Reasoning
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning leads with 11.0% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Phi 4 Reasoning is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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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.
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Microsoft
Phi-4 Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended analytical thinking into the Phi-4 architecture, designed to spend more time on complex problem-solving. Built to combine compact model efficiency with reasoning depth, it represents Microsoft's exploration of thoughtful small models.
5 months newer
Nova Micro
Amazon
2024-11-20
Phi 4 Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
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Nova Micro
Average Score:63.6%
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Phi 4 Reasoning
Average Score:74.6%(+11.0%)
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning
2025-03-01
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Nova Micro
1 providers
Bedrock
Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
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Phi 4 Reasoning
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Nova Micro
Avg Score:63.6%
Providers:1
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Phi 4 Reasoning
Avg Score:74.6%(+11.0%)
Providers:0