Model Comparison

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) vs Nova Micro

Nova Micro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Nova Micro is better at 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU).

Nova Micro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Amazon
Nova Micro
Input tokens$0.03
Output tokens$0.14
Best providerAWS Bedrock
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nova Micro specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Nova Micro specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Google
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Amazon
Nova Micro
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nova Micro does not.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nova Micro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is licensed under Gemma, while Nova Micro uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Gemma

Open weights

Nova Micro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) was released on 2025-05-20, while Nova Micro was released on 2024-11-20.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is 6 months newer than Nova Micro.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

May 20, 2025

11 months ago

6mo newer
Nova Micro

Nov 20, 2024

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Nova Micro's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)'s training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Nova Micro's cutoff date.

Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)

Jun 2024

Nova Micro

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Supports multimodal inputs
Has open weights
Amazon
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher ARC-C score (90.2% vs 51.7%)
Higher DROP score (79.3% vs 53.9%)
Higher GPQA score (40.0% vs 24.8%)
Higher HumanEval score (81.1% vs 66.5%)
Higher MMLU score (77.6% vs 60.1%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview)
Amazon
Nova Micro

FAQ

Common questions about Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) vs Nova Micro

Nova Micro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is made by Google and Nova Micro is made by Amazon. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) scores PIQA: 78.9%, BoolQ: 76.4%, ARC-E: 75.8%, HellaSwag: 72.2%, Winogrande: 66.8%. Nova Micro scores GSM8k: 92.3%, ARC-C: 90.2%, Translation Set1→en COMET22: 88.7%, Translation en→Set1 COMET22: 88.5%, IFEval: 87.2%.
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) supports an unknown number of tokens and Nova Micro supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Gemma vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemma 3n E2B Instructed LiteRT (Preview) is developed by Google and Nova Micro is developed by Amazon.