# Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen Max

> Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 27× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Max in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen Max leads 66.5 to 59.3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 33K.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 34.7 |
| Rank | 265 | 230 |
| Context | 300K | 33K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $6.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1269 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- Qwen Max: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1290 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1262 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1277 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 27× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen Max?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen Max better for coding?

Amazon Nova Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 33K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen Max share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.