# Amazon Nova Micro vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

> Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-micro-vs-qwen3-5-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.1 to 39.7.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 44.7 |
| Rank | 290 | 72 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.035 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Micro: 30.0 (#289)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1488 |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Amazon Nova Micro: 21.9 (#125)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Micro: 16.7 (#289)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1483 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Micro: 24.9 (#252)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1473 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Micro: 29.2 (#231)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1489 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.7 (#234)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1483 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1472 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1470 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Micro: 56.6 (#267)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1467 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#224)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1206 | 1477 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Micro: 39.7 (#242)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1478 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Micro or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 30.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.