Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.1 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.19 / $1.13 for Qwen3.6 Flash.
- Qwen3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 326.4 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.26 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3.6 Flash?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Flash lists at $0.19 and $1.13.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.