Model comparison

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview vs Qwen Max

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

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Nova 2.0 Pro Preview Amazon

33.4

Rank #244 Reported

Qwen Max Alibaba (Qwen)

34.7

Rank #230 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.8 to 30.7.

Side by side

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen Max specifications
Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
ProviderAmazonAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.434.7
Released2025-12-022024-04-03
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—33K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.60
Output $ / M tokens—$6.40
Results tracked323

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
Aider Polyglot—21.8%
SciCode42.7%—
LMArena Coding—1288

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136), Qwen Max: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
GDP.pdf2%—

Reasoning Qwen Max leads

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1269

Math Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—16.1%
LMArena Math—1275
MATH Level 5—67.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
GPQA Diamond—56.1%
LMArena Expert—1248

Multilingual Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
LMArena Non-English—1263
LMArena Chinese—1254
LMArena French—1330
LMArena German—1254
LMArena Japanese—1205
LMArena Korean—1142
LMArena Russian—1274
LMArena Spanish—1290

Instruction Following Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
LMArena Instruction Following—1262

Long Context Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
LMArena Longer Query—1288

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen Max
LMArena Text—1282
LMArena Creative Writing—1248
LMArena Multi-Turn—1277

Frequently asked questions

Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview or Qwen Max better for coding?

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen Max share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.

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