Model comparison

Amazon Nova Pro vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Amazon Nova Pro Amazon

31.0

Rank #281 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.2

Rank #117 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 27B in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 52.4 to 27.4.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.80 input and $3.20 output per million tokens.
  • Amazon Nova Pro accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
  • Qwen3.6 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Amazon Nova Pro and Qwen3.6 27B specifications
Amazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
ProviderAmazonAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index31.042.2
Released2024-12-032026-04-22
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window300K262K
Max output10K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.80$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$3.20$3.60
Results tracked3811

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 27B leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229), Qwen3.6 27B: 39.1 (#163)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
SciCode—37.3%
LiveBench Coding38.1%—
LMArena Coding1270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard25%—
TheAgentCompany1.7%—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 27B leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243), Qwen3.6 27B: 25.0 (#153)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
Epoch Capabilities Index123.8146.5
CritPt—0.9%
Chess Puzzles—22%
LiveBench Reasoning32.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1246—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
DTBench—78.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis48.3%—
LMCA—34.5%
LiveBench43.5%—

Math Qwen3.6 27B leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243), Qwen3.6 27B: 48.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—35.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
Omni-MATH24.2%—
LiveBench Math38%—
LMArena Math1252—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#63)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond—85.9%
Humanity's Last Exam4.4%—
MMLU-Pro67.3%—
Confabulations30.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.1%—
GPQA (HELM)44.6%—
LMArena Expert1211—
MMLU82%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Vision980—

Multilingual Not comparable

Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Non-English1234—
LMArena Chinese1244—
LMArena French1271—
LMArena German1243—
LMArena Japanese1200—
LMArena Korean1203—
LMArena Russian1240—
LMArena Spanish1182—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
LiveBench Instruction Following67.1%—
IFEval81.5%—
LMArena Instruction Following1235—

Long Context Not comparable

Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Longer Query1255—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 27B leads

Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#181)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkAmazon Nova ProQwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text1259—
LMArena Creative Writing1212—
Short-Story Creative Writing60.5%—
WildBench77.7%—
EQ-Bench 4—1026
LMArena Multi-Turn1246—
LiveBench Language37%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Nova Pro better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $3.60 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Pro lists at $0.80 and $3.20.

Is Amazon Nova Pro or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Pro does, with 300K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and Qwen3.6 27B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.

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