Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 48× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 29.6.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $1.30 / $7.80 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 51.5 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1471 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1457 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.24 |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1465 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1478 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1454 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1438 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1456 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 48× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.