# Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen2.5-Max

> Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-qwen2-5-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 24

## Summary

- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 55.6 to 42.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Coding: 27.5% for Amazon Nova Lite and 64.4% for Qwen2.5-Max.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 40.1 |
| Rank | 262 | 142 |
| Context | 300K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | 64.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1359 |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | 51.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1360 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | 67.9% |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | 62.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 132.54 |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | 58.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1369 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1337 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118)
- Qwen2.5-Max: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1299 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1377 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | 75.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1335 |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1358 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1364 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | 56.3% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| WildBench | 75% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.2 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen2.5-Max share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.