Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 49× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 39.5.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1365 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1338 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1355 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1365 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 49× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.