Model Comparison

Nova Pro vs Phi 4 Mini

Nova Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

Nova Pro outperforms in 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, GPQA, GSM8k, MATH, MMLU), while Phi 4 Mini is better at 0 benchmarks.

Nova Pro 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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Amazon
Nova Pro
Input tokens$0.80
Output tokens$3.20
Best providerAWS Bedrock
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nova Pro specifies input context (300,000 tokens). Only Nova Pro specifies output context (300,000 tokens).

Amazon
Nova Pro
Input300,000 tokens
Output300,000 tokens
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Nova Pro supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Mini does not.

Nova Pro can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Nova Pro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi 4 Mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nova Pro is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi 4 Mini uses MIT.

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

Nova Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi 4 Mini

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nova Pro was released on 2024-11-20, while Phi 4 Mini was released on 2025-02-01.

Phi 4 Mini is 2 months newer than Nova Pro.

Nova Pro

Nov 20, 2024

1.4 years ago

Phi 4 Mini

Feb 1, 2025

1.2 years ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Nova Pro's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Mini's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Nova Pro's cutoff date.

Nova Pro

—

Phi 4 Mini

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Amazon
Larger context window (300,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher ARC-C score (94.8% vs 83.7%)
Higher GPQA score (46.9% vs 25.2%)
Higher GSM8k score (94.8% vs 88.6%)
Higher MATH score (76.6% vs 64.0%)
Higher MMLU score (85.9% vs 67.3%)
Microsoft
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Amazon
Nova Pro
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini

FAQ

Common questions about Nova Pro vs Phi 4 Mini

Nova Pro significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Nova Pro is made by Amazon and Phi 4 Mini is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Nova Pro scores ARC-C: 94.8%, GSM8k: 94.8%, DocVQA: 93.5%, IFEval: 92.1%, ChartQA: 89.2%. Phi 4 Mini scores GSM8k: 88.6%, ARC-C: 83.7%, BoolQ: 81.2%, OpenBookQA: 79.2%, PIQA: 77.6%.
Nova Pro supports 300K tokens and Phi 4 Mini supports an unknown number of 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 (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Nova Pro is developed by Amazon and Phi 4 Mini is developed by Microsoft.