Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 26.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- Qwen3.6 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 300K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 47.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $3 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1467 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | 670.15 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1449 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.65 |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1454 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1477 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1379 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1432 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1425 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1439 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1438 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 11× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus lists at $0.50 and $3.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 300K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.