Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen Plus
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Plus in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 27.4.
- Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 64K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1328 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | — |
| LMArena German | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | — |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1303 |
Long Context Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen Plus?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen Plus share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.