Model comparison
Nova Premier 1.0 vs Qwen Max
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 33.8 to 22.3.
- Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 34.7 |
| Released | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 33K |
| Max output | 10K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12.50 | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1288 |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 44.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1269 |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 35% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 72.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 51.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1254 |
| LMArena French | — | 1330 |
| LMArena German | — | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1290 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 80.3% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1262 |
Long Context Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1288 |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1248 |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1277 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Qwen Max?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Max costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Nova Premier 1.0 or Qwen Max?
Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Nova Premier 1.0 and Qwen Max share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova Premier 1.0 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.