Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 39× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max'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 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 Max leads 62.4 to 39.5.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
- Qwen3 Max accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1456 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.38 |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1446 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1455 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1449 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1462 |
Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1419 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Qwen3 Max leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1446 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 39× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Qwen3 Max?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 Max does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Qwen3 Max share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.