Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen1.5-72B
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.8 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 Qwen1.5-72B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 11.5.
- Qwen1.5-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 30.8 |
| 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 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1165 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen1.5-72B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1148 |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1164 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | 1136 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1186 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | 1159 |
| LMArena German | 1343 | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | 1050 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1104 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | 1110 |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1141 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1160 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen1.5-72B?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen1.5-72B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.