Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3-1.7B
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nova 2 Lite leads 43.0 to 19.6.
- Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 26.6 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | 28.4% |
Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | — |
Math Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | — |
| LMArena French | 1381 | — |
| LMArena German | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Nova 2 Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3-1.7B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.