Noometry

Model comparison

Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen2.5-Max

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.9

Rank #265 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Max Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 55.4 to 42.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Coding: 27.5% for Amazon Nova Lite and 64.4% for Qwen2.5-Max.

Side by side

Amazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
ProviderAmazonAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index31.940.7
Released2024-12-032025-01-25
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.24—
Results tracked3427

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Category by category

Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Coding27.5%64.4%
LMArena Coding12391359
ALE-Bench236.25—

Reasoning Qwen2.5-Max leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%51.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts12201360
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%67.9%
LiveBench36.4%62.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—132.53

Math Qwen2.5-Max leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Math36.7%58.4%
LMArena Math12271369
Omni-MATH23.3%—

Knowledge Qwen2.5-Max leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Expert12011337
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU-Pro60%—
Confabulations—21.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)39.7%—
MMLU77%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Qwen2.5-Max: —

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Vision990—

Multilingual Qwen2.5-Max leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English12081352
LMArena Chinese12251382
LMArena French12371396
LMArena German12291350
LMArena Japanese11531300
LMArena Korean11531304
LMArena Russian12161353
LMArena Spanish12261377

Instruction Following Qwen2.5-Max leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%75.3%
LMArena Instruction Following12051335
IFEval77.6%—

Long Context Qwen2.5-Max leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query12341358

Writing & Preference Qwen2.5-Max leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text12291367
LMArena Creative Writing11971339
LMArena Multi-Turn11991364
LiveBench Language25.9%56.3%
Short-Story Creative Writing—72.9%
WildBench75%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen2.5-Max share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.

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