Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen-14B
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova 2 Lite leads 53.9 to 27.6.
- Qwen-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | 2023-09-24 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1071 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen-14B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1027 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 113.03 |
| LAMBADA | — | 71.1% |
| PIQA | — | 79.9% |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1068 |
| GSM8K | — | 61.3% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen-14B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.4% |
| BoolQ | — | 86.2% |
| MMLU | — | 66.3% |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1041 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1077 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | — |
| LMArena German | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | — |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1031 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1028 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1051 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1028 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1022 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen-14B?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen-14B better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen-14B share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.