Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen3.5-Flash
Qwen3.5-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5-Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-Flash leads 43.2 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.40 for Qwen3.5-Flash.
- Qwen3.5-Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.40 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Qwen3.5-Flash: 34.2 (#242)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1412 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 221.8 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1244 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Qwen3.5-Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 462.69 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Qwen3.5-Flash: 33.7 (#72)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1403 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 82.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 29.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.98 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Qwen3.5-Flash: 37.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1407 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 6.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Qwen3.5-Flash: 43.2 (#93)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 10.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1407 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 82.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Qwen3.5-Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Qwen3.5-Flash: 50.5 (#121)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1385 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1446 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1390 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1368 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1344 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1379 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1400 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Qwen3.5-Flash: 72.6 (#139)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1374 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Qwen3.5-Flash: 42.4 (#124)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1392 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5-Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Qwen3.5-Flash: 57.9 (#122)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1397 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1343 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1393 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen3.5-Flash?
Qwen3.5-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5-Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3.5-Flash?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-Flash lists at $0.10 and $0.40.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3.5-Flash better for coding?
Qwen3.5-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5-Flash does, with 1M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen3.5-Flash share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-Flash has 32.