ResearchLLM Verifications Leaderboard

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

Head to head · tested 27 Oct 2026

Nova Micro 1.0 vs Reka Flash 3: accuracy, speed and price

Nova Micro 1.0 is more accurate and cheaper.

AmazonNova Micro 1.022.5% score · #70$0.000087 per question180 tok/srekaaiReka Flash 31.2% score · #72$0.0008 per question101 tok/s

Verdict

Built from the measurements below

  • Nova Micro 1.0 is more accurate: 22.5% against 1.2% on the same 80 questions, a 21.3-point gap that is statistically significant.
  • Nova Micro 1.0 is 9.2× cheaper per question as billed ($0.000087 vs $0.0008), reasoning tokens included.
  • Nova Micro 1.0 generates text 1.8× faster: 180 tokens per second against 101.
  • Nova Micro 1.0 accepts more context: 128k tokens against 66k.

Which should you choose?

Choose Nova Micro 1.0 for the most accurate answers of the two, the lower cost per correct answer ($0.00039 against $0.067), faster streaming, shorter outputs (about 545 tokens per question against 3,855) and a 128k-token context window. Choose Reka Flash 3 for open weights you can run yourself. The widest subject gap is in economics: Nova Micro 1.0 answered 6 of 9 correctly, Reka Flash 3 0 of 9. With so few questions per subject, treat this as a lead to test on your own prompts, not a result.

Accuracy gap +21.3 points (z = 4.15). 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

MeasureNova Micro 1.0Reka Flash 3Edge
Verification scoreHigher is better22.5%1.2%Nova Micro 1.0
Cost per questionLower is better$0.000087$0.0008Nova Micro 1.0
Output speedHigher is better180101Nova Micro 1.0
Time to first tokenLower is better0.5 s0.5 sSimilar
End-to-end response timeLower is better2.1 s7.4 sNova Micro 1.0
Tokens per questionLower is better5453,855Nova Micro 1.0
Context windowHigher is better128k66kNova Micro 1.0

Side by side

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

Every measure

Nova Micro 1.0 first, Reka Flash 3 second

Verification scorehigher is better
Nova Micro 1.022.5%
Reka Flash 31.2%
Cost per questionlower is better
Nova Micro 1.0$0.000087
Reka Flash 3$0.0008
Output speedhigher is better
Nova Micro 1.0180
Reka Flash 3101
Time to first tokenlower is better
Nova Micro 1.00.5 s
Reka Flash 30.5 s
End-to-end response timelower is better
Nova Micro 1.02.1 s
Reka Flash 37.4 s
Tokens per questionlower is better
Nova Micro 1.0545
Reka Flash 33,855
Context windowhigher is better
Nova Micro 1.0128k
Reka Flash 366k

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-20bMinistral 3 3B 2512Nova 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

SpecificationNova Micro 1.0Reka Flash 3
CreatorAmazonrekaai
Released5 Dec 202412 Mar 2025
Weights—Open weights
ReasoningNoYes
Inputtexttext
Outputtexttext
Context window128k tokens66k tokens
Knowledge cutoff31 Oct 202431 Jan 2025
List price in / out per 1M$0.035 / $0.14$0.1 / $0.2
Blended price per 1M (3:1)$0.06$0.13
Cheapest hostAmazon Bedrock · $0.035 / $0.14Reka · $0.1 / $0.2
Hosts on OpenRouter11
Last tested26 Oct 202627 Oct 2026

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Nova Micro 1.0 vs Reka Flash 3: frequently asked questions

Is Nova Micro 1.0 better than Reka Flash 3?
Nova Micro 1.0 is more accurate: it answered 18 of 80 questions correctly (22.5%) against 1 of 80 (1.2%) for Reka Flash 3. Nova Micro 1.0 is more accurate and cheaper.
Which is cheaper, Nova Micro 1.0 or Reka Flash 3?
Nova Micro 1.0 is cheaper: $0.000087 per question as billed, against $0.0008. List prices: Nova Micro 1.0 $0.035 in / $0.14 out, Reka Flash 3 $0.1 in / $0.2 out per million tokens.
Which is faster, Nova Micro 1.0 or Reka Flash 3?
Nova Micro 1.0 is faster at 180 output tokens per second, against 101. Time to first token: 0.5 s for Nova Micro 1.0, 0.5 s for Reka Flash 3.
Which has the larger context window, Nova Micro 1.0 or Reka Flash 3?
Nova Micro 1.0, with 128k tokens against 66k.