Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 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 1 category and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 53.9.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 45.3 |
| 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 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | 1487 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | 1483 |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | 1474 |
Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | 1489 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1337 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1364 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1381 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1343 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1271 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1284 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1343 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1373 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.