Model comparison
Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.6 Flash 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 . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.19 / $1.13 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Nova 2 Lite.
Side by side
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2025-12-01 | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 64K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1385 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1364 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.26 |
Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1358 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1335 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1335 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1362 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1291 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.6 Flash 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.
Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 per million output tokens; Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.