Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen1.5-32B
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 13.5.
- Qwen1.5-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 30.5 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.7 (#282)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1155 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 42% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen1.5-32B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen1.5-32B: 21.8 (#212)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1130 |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen1.5-32B: 33.0 (#207)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1155 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#296)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | 1126 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 30.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| MMLU | — | 74.4% |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.4 (#259)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1106 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1177 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | 1101 |
| LMArena German | 1343 | 1058 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | 1027 |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | 1008 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1073 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | 1089 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Qwen1.5-32B: 57.7 (#265)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1116 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#246)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1146 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.2 (#271)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1137 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1140 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen1.5-32B?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen1.5-32B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.