Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro 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 39.5.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1487 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1483 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1474 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1489 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1467 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1478 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.