Noometry

Model comparison

Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 39.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.0

Rank #161 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.5

Rank #98 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2 Lite scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 60.4 to 54.1.
  • Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B.
  • Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Nova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderAmazonAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index39.042.5
Released2025-12-012025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M131K
Max output64K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$2.80
Results tracked1918

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Nova 2 Lite: 40.1 (#131), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 41.8 (#103)

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding13861438

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nova 2 Lite: 23.9 (#114), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: —

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard27.1%—

Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Nova 2 Lite: 26.4 (#120), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 28.1 (#92)

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts13641428

Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Nova 2 Lite: 34.8 (#154), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 36.2 (#120)

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math13591426

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

Nova 2 Lite: 42.5 (#88), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.6 (#120)

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert13601440
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Nova 2 Lite: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.1 (#50)

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision—1247

Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Nova 2 Lite: 47.3 (#148), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 52.1 (#92)

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English13371405
LMArena Chinese13641462
LMArena French13811448
LMArena German13431424
LMArena Japanese12731385
LMArena Korean12841395
LMArena Russian13431409
LMArena Spanish13721427

Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Nova 2 Lite: 70.7 (#156), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.4 (#95)

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following13351407

Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#145), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#93)

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query13351420

Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Nova 2 Lite: 54.1 (#150), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.4 (#94)

BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text13621420
LMArena Creative Writing12911367
LMArena Multi-Turn13381428

Frequently asked questions

Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 39.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Nova 2 Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Is Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2 Lite has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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