Arctic Instruct is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 10 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the one area where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Facts rests on a single test.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Every test, side by side
All 10 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
FactsArctic Instruct
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterArctic Instruct by 1.24.35.5+1.2
Other results9 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- vectara_answer_rateNova Micro by 37.362.7100+37.3
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthNova Micro by 18.681.4100+18.6
- GSM8KNova Micro by 15.576.892.3+15.5
- naturalquestions_closedbookArctic Instruct by 10.53928.5+10.5
- NarrativeQANova Micro by 965.374.4+9
- MMLUNova Micro by 6.557.564+6.5
- OpenBookQANova Micro by 682.888.8+6
- vectara_factual_consistencyArctic Instruct by 1.295.794.5+1.2
- AA Intelligencetie5.45.9tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Arctic Instruct or Nova Micro?
Arctic Instruct wins the one area where both have results: facts. Nova Micro wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 10 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 1 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.