Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Coder Next's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 35.8 to 32.0.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.12 / $0.80 for Qwen3 Coder Next.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 33.8 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.0 (#266), Qwen3 Coder Next: 35.8 (#206)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 18.5 (#257), Qwen3 Coder Next: 21.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.8 (#243), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1227 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.0 (#254), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.0 (#118), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.2 (#227), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1237 | — |
| LMArena German | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.6 (#250), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#212), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.3 (#232), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | — |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Coder Next's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder Next lists at $0.12 and $0.80.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 32.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.