Model comparison
Nova Premier 1.0 vs Qwen3.5-9B
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5-9B costs 44× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 46.0 to 35.4.
- Qwen3.5-9B is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.15 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 262K.
- Qwen3.5-9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 33.3 |
| Released | 2025-04-30 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12.50 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 35.3 (#213)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.4 (#143)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182), Qwen3.5-9B: 22.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 44.8% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.45 |
Math Qwen3.5-9B leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194), Qwen3.5-9B: 33.5 (#174)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
| Omni-MATH | 35% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5-9B leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176), Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 79% |
| MMLU-Pro | 72.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 51.8% | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 80.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 33.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.5-9B costs 44× 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 Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.15 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 262K.
How many benchmarks do Nova Premier 1.0 and Qwen3.5-9B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova Premier 1.0 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.