Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen1.5-7B
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nova 2 Lite leads 53.9 to 29.6.
- Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 31.4 |
| 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 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1107 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen1.5-7B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1065 |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1080 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | 1055 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| MMLU | — | 62.6% |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1006 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | — |
| LMArena German | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | — |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1058 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1090 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1083 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1062 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen1.5-7B?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen1.5-7B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.