Model comparison

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview vs Qwen3.5 Plus

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

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Nova 2.0 Pro Preview Amazon

33.4

Rank #244 Reported

Qwen3.5 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

42.9

Rank #106 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 32.8 to 22.4.

Side by side

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen3.5 Plus specifications
Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Plus
ProviderAmazonAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.442.9
Released2025-12-022026-02-16
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$2.40
Results tracked315

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Plus
SciCode42.7%—
ALE-Bench—621.92

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136), Qwen3.5 Plus: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Plus
GDP.pdf2%—
Vending-Bench 2—0.54

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Plus
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles—22%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—80.5%
LMCA—36.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.78

Math Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Plus
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—21%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Plus
GPQA Diamond—84.8%
SimpleQA Verified—25.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.7%

Long Context Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Plus
CL-bench—19.8%
CL-bench Life—12.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better than Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen3.5 Plus share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.

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