# Amazon Nova Micro vs Qwen2.5-Max

> Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro 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 39.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Coding: 20.2% for Amazon Nova Micro and 64.4% for Qwen2.5-Max.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 40.1 |
| Rank | 290 | 142 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.0 (#289)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | 64.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1359 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 21.9 (#125)
- Qwen2.5-Max: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 16.7 (#289)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | 51.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1360 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | 67.9% |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | 62.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 132.54 |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 24.9 (#252)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | 58.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1369 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.2 (#231)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1337 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.7 (#234)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1299 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1377 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.6 (#267)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | 75.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1335 |
| IFEval | 76% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#224)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1206 | 1358 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.7 (#242)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1364 |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | 56.3% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |

## FAQ

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

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.2 versus 30.0 in the Noometry coding category.

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

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.