Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 42.1.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1487 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1483 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1474 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1489 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1467 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1478 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.