Model comparison
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Side by side
| Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 42.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136), Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | 2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1448 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.38 |
Math Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1446 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1455 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1462 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1419 |
Long Context Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1438 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen3 Max share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.