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Start with Nova Micro 1.0 and granite 3.3 8b instruct, or choose any two current ranked language models. Compare capability evidence, price, context, provider availability, and weight access without pretending one field decides every use case.
Current public data
Nova Micro 1.0 vs granite 3.3 8b instruct
Live dataset updated 9/15/2026, 9:19:37 PM UTC
Open 1200×630 evidence receipt| Field | Nova Micro 1.0 Amazon | granite 3.3 8b instruct IBM Granite |
|---|---|---|
| ModelCap position | #201 | #200 |
| Index score | 10.8 | 11.2 |
| Evidence | Measured2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards | Estimatedpublisher-corpus-prior over 194 held-out anchors (23%); opens from measured predecessor ibm-granite/granite-3.1-8b-instruct (77%); shrunk 3.6 up toward the measured corpus |
| Input / 1M | $0.035 | Unavailable |
| Output / 1M | $0.14 | Unavailable |
| Pricing status | fresh | unavailable |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Providers | 1 | 0 |
| Weight access | API only | Open weights |
Decision facts
- Nova Micro 1.0 is #201; granite 3.3 8b instruct is #200 on the same current language board.
- Index scores are 10.8 for Nova Micro 1.0 and 11.2 for granite 3.3 8b instruct. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
- Evidence differs: Nova Micro 1.0 is Measured; granite 3.3 8b instruct is Estimated.
- Weight access differs: Nova Micro 1.0 is none; granite 3.3 8b instruct is open.
- ModelCap currently lists 1 providers for Nova Micro 1.0 and 0 for granite 3.3 8b instruct.
These are separate published fields, not a synthetic winner. ModelCap does not collapse price, access, context, and capability evidence into a hidden recommendation score.
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