Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
Nova 2 Lite and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 35.5.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1314 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1299 |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1298 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | 1289 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
Multilingual Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1265 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1314 |
| LMArena German | 1343 | 1231 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | 1207 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1271 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | — |
Instruction Following Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1275 |
Long Context Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1292 |
Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1299 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1262 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1299 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?
Nova 2 Lite and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.7 vs 38.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?
Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.