Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 58.2 to 42.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 23.3% for Amazon Nova Lite and 46.7% for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2 for Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 131K |
| Max output | 10K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.9 (#101)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1441 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 30.1 (#79)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 36.3 (#118)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | 46.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1440 |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.3 (#102)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | 63% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1416 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.3 (#88)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1461 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1415 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1416 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1398 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1403 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1436 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 71.0 (#154)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 77.6% | 81% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1388 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#218)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.2 (#116)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1333 |
| WildBench | 75% | 80.7% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1415 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct lists at $0.50 and $2.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.