Model comparison
Nova Premier 1.0 vs Qwen Plus
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 8.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Nova Premier 1.0 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Plus in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 33.8 to 23.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 44.8% for Nova Premier 1.0 and 63.3% for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
Side by side
| Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2025-04-30 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12.50 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1328 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 44.8% | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1317 |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| Omni-MATH | 35% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1326 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 72.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 51.8% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1328 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1323 |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 80.3% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1293 |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Qwen Plus?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 8.3× 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 Plus?
Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1M tokens.
How many benchmarks do Nova Premier 1.0 and Qwen Plus share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Nova Premier 1.0 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.