Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen2.5-Max
Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 39.7 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 3 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 35.3.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 40.7 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen2.5-Max: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1360 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 132.53 |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1369 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | 1337 |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen2.5-Max leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1343 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | 1300 |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | 1377 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5-Max leads
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen2.5-Max?
Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen2.5-Max share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.