Model comparison

Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.2 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index. Nova 2 Lite costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 27B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 27B

Alibaba (Qwen)

42.2

Rank #117 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 48.5 to 37.5.
Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $3.60 for Qwen3.6 27B.
Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
Qwen3.6 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.6 27B specifications
	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
Provider	Amazon	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	39.7	42.2
Released	2025-12-01	2026-04-22
Weights	Proprietary	Open
Context window	1M	262K
Max output	64K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$0.60
Output $ / M tokens	$2.50	$3.60
Results tracked	19	11

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Category by category

Coding Nova 2 Lite leads

Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen3.6 27B: 39.1 (#163)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
SciCode	—	37.3%
LMArena Coding	1385	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	27.1%	—

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen3.6 27B: 25.0 (#153)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
CritPt	—	0.9%
Chess Puzzles	—	22%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1364	—
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	7%
DTBench	—	78.1%
LMCA	—	34.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	146.5

Math Qwen3.6 27B leads

Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen3.6 27B: 48.5 (#62)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	35.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	91.1%
LMArena Math	1359	—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads

Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#63)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond	—	85.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	5.1%	—
LMArena Expert	1358	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
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), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Instruction Following	1335	—

Long Context Not comparable

Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Longer Query	1335	—

Writing & Preference Nova 2 Lite leads

Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#181)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text	1362	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1291	—
EQ-Bench 4	—	1026
LMArena Multi-Turn	1338	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3.6 27B?

Nova 2 Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 27B lists at $0.60 and $3.60.

Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Nova 2 Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.7 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.6 27B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.