Model comparison
Nova Premier 1.0 vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Nova Premier 1.0 and Qwen3.6 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 38.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 35.4.
- Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.19 / $1.13 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
Side by side
| Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.7 | 38.4 |
| Released | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12.50 | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 22.3 (#182), Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 44.8% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.26 |
Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 31.5 (#194), Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| Omni-MATH | 35% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Nova Premier 1.0: 35.4 (#176), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | 72.6% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 51.8% | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: 66.9 (#201), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 80.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#174), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Nova Premier 1.0 and Qwen3.6 Flash score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.7 vs 38.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Nova Premier 1.0 or Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 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 Qwen3.6 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova Premier 1.0 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.