Model comparison
Nova Premier 1.0 vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova Premier 1.0 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 31.5 to 11.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 72.6% for Nova Premier 1.0 and 53.9% for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper at $0.17 / $0.70 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 131K.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 28.6 |
| Released | 2025-04-30 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 10K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12.50 | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 35.9 (#204)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.3 (#317)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 44.8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.44 |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 11.8 (#300)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 35% | 29.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.5% |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#281)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72.6% | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 51.8% | 34.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 35.5% |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |
Instruction Following Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 80.3% | 74.1% |
Writing & Preference Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#194)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 78.8% | 73.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct costs 16× 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 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.17 per million input tokens and $0.70 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 131K.
How many benchmarks do Nova Premier 1.0 and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova Premier 1.0 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.