Model Comparison

Grok-2 mini vs Nova Micro

Grok-2 mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

4 benchmarks

Grok-2 mini outperforms in 4 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU), while Nova Micro is better at 0 benchmarks.

Grok-2 mini 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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xAI
Grok-2 mini
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).

xAI
Grok-2 mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Amazon
Nova Micro
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-2 mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nova Micro does not.

Grok-2 mini can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Grok-2 mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nova Micro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Grok-2 mini

Proprietary

Closed source

Nova Micro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-2 mini was released on 2024-08-13, while Nova Micro was released on 2024-11-20.

Nova Micro is 3 months newer than Grok-2 mini.

Grok-2 mini

Aug 13, 2024

1.7 years ago

Nova Micro

Nov 20, 2024

1.4 years ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

xAI
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (51.0% vs 40.0%)
Higher HumanEval score (85.7% vs 81.1%)
Higher MATH score (73.0% vs 69.3%)
Higher MMLU score (86.2% vs 77.6%)
Amazon
Larger context window (128,000 tokens)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
xAI
Grok-2 mini
Amazon
Nova Micro

FAQ

Common questions about Grok-2 mini vs Nova Micro

Grok-2 mini significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Grok-2 mini is made by xAI and Nova Micro is made by Amazon. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Grok-2 mini scores DocVQA: 93.2%, MMLU: 86.2%, HumanEval: 85.7%, MATH: 73.0%, MMLU-Pro: 72.0%. 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%.
Grok-2 mini 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). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Grok-2 mini is developed by xAI and Nova Micro is developed by Amazon.