ResearchLLM Verifications Leaderboard

Data as of · 78 models, 80 questions · reviewed by Suhas Bhairav · methodology

Head to head · tested 27 Oct 2026

Granite 4.0 Micro vs Nova Micro 1.0: accuracy, speed and price

Similar accuracy; Granite 4.0 Micro costs less per question.

IBMGranite 4.0 Micro25.0% score · #69$0.000051 per question38 tok/sAmazonNova Micro 1.022.5% score · #70$0.000087 per question180 tok/s

Verdict

Built from the measurements below

  • Accuracy is too close to call: Granite 4.0 Micro scored 25.0% and Nova Micro 1.0 22.5% on the same 80 questions, a gap within what chance alone could produce.
  • Granite 4.0 Micro is 1.7× cheaper per question as billed ($0.000051 vs $0.000087), reasoning tokens included.
  • Nova Micro 1.0 generates text 4.7× faster: 180 tokens per second against 38.
  • Nova Micro 1.0 starts answering sooner: 0.5 s to the first token, against 0.7 s for Granite 4.0 Micro.

Which should you choose?

Choose Granite 4.0 Micro for the lower cost per correct answer ($0.0002 against $0.00039) and open weights you can run yourself. Choose Nova Micro 1.0 for faster streaming and a quicker first token. The widest subject gap is in economics: Nova Micro 1.0 answered 6 of 9 correctly, Granite 4.0 Micro 2 of 9. With so few questions per subject, treat this as a lead to test on your own prompts, not a result.

Accuracy gap +2.5 points (z = 0.37). A winner is called only when z is at least 1.96, the usual 95% threshold. Speed, latency and price need a 10% margin.

Head to head

Same questions, same prompt, same API

MeasureGranite 4.0 MicroNova Micro 1.0Edge
Verification scoreHigher is better25.0%22.5%Too close to call
Cost per questionLower is better$0.000051$0.000087Granite 4.0 Micro
Output speedHigher is better38180Nova Micro 1.0
Time to first tokenLower is better0.7 s0.5 sNova Micro 1.0
End-to-end response timeLower is better8.9 s2.1 sNova Micro 1.0
Tokens per questionLower is better403545Granite 4.0 Micro
Context windowHigher is better131k128kSimilar

Side by side

Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values. The winner on each measure is marked in bold.

Every measure

Granite 4.0 Micro first, Nova Micro 1.0 second

Verification scorehigher is better
Granite 4.0 Micro25.0%
Nova Micro 1.022.5%
Cost per questionlower is better
Granite 4.0 Micro$0.000051
Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
Output speedhigher is better
Granite 4.0 Micro38
Nova Micro 1.0180
Time to first tokenlower is better
Granite 4.0 Micro0.7 s
Nova Micro 1.00.5 s
End-to-end response timelower is better
Granite 4.0 Micro8.9 s
Nova Micro 1.02.1 s
Tokens per questionlower is better
Granite 4.0 Micro403
Nova Micro 1.0545
Context windowhigher is better
Granite 4.0 Micro131k
Nova Micro 1.0128k

Score vs. cost per question

Both models in color, every other model in grey

Most attractive quadrant0255075100$0.00001$0.0001$0.001$0.01$0.10Cost per question (USD, log) →Verification score (%) →Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BCommand AReka Flash 3Gemma 4 26B A4BGemma 4 31BQwen3.5 397B A17BHermes 4 405BMuse WonderGrok 4.7o3gpt-oss-20bGranite 4.0 MicroNova Micro 1.0Phi 4Granite 4.2 8BHy3GLM 5.3 FlashSolar Pro 4Trinity Large ThinkingMiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Claude Opus 5.5GPT-6.1 SolGemini 4 ArgonGPT-5.4GPT-6 Lunagpt-oss-120bLlama 4 Maverick

Specifications and pricing

From OpenRouter's catalogue, plus the leaderboard's test dates

SpecificationGranite 4.0 MicroNova Micro 1.0
CreatorIBMAmazon
Released20 Oct 20255 Dec 2024
WeightsOpen weights—
ReasoningNoNo
Inputtexttext
Outputtexttext
Context window131k tokens128k tokens
Knowledge cutoff—31 Oct 2024
List price in / out per 1M$0.017 / $0.112$0.035 / $0.14
Blended price per 1M (3:1)$0.04$0.06
Cheapest hostCloudflare · $0.017 / $0.112Amazon Bedrock · $0.035 / $0.14
Hosts on OpenRouter11
Last tested26 Oct 202626 Oct 2026

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Granite 4.0 Micro vs Nova Micro 1.0: frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Nova Micro 1.0?
On accuracy they are statistically tied: Granite 4.0 Micro scored 25.0% and Nova Micro 1.0 22.5% on the same 80 questions from open datasets. Similar accuracy; Granite 4.0 Micro costs less per question.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Nova Micro 1.0?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper: $0.000051 per question as billed, against $0.000087. List prices: Granite 4.0 Micro $0.017 in / $0.112 out, Nova Micro 1.0 $0.035 in / $0.14 out per million tokens.
Which is faster, Granite 4.0 Micro or Nova Micro 1.0?
Nova Micro 1.0 is faster at 180 output tokens per second, against 38. Time to first token: 0.7 s for Granite 4.0 Micro, 0.5 s for Nova Micro 1.0.
Which has the larger context window, Granite 4.0 Micro or Nova Micro 1.0?
Both accept about the same amount of context: 131k and 128k tokens.