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.

Amazon Nova Lite Amazon

31.9

Rank #265 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

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 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview specifications
Amazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderAmazonAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index31.945.3
Released2024-12-03—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window300K—
Max output10K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.06—
Output $ / M tokens$0.24—
Results tracked3417

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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)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding12391487
LiveBench Coding27.5%—
ALE-Bench236.25—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts12201483
LiveBench Reasoning36.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis37.2%—
LiveBench36.4%—

Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math12271474
Omni-MATH23.3%—
LiveBench Math36.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert12011489
Humanity's Last Exam3.6%—
MMLU-Pro60%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)39.7%—
MMLU77%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision990—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English12081465
LMArena Chinese12251534
LMArena French12371484
LMArena German12291487
LMArena Japanese11531495
LMArena Korean11531438
LMArena Russian12161471
LMArena Spanish12261470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following12051467
LiveBench Instruction Following54.1%—
IFEval77.6%—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query12341476

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova LiteQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text12291470
LMArena Creative Writing11971464
LMArena Multi-Turn11991478
WildBench75%—
LiveBench Language25.9%—

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.

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