Model comparison
Amazon Nova Pro vs Qwen Max
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Pro costs 2.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Max in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Amazon Nova Pro leads 28.5 to 22.3.
- Amazon Nova Pro is cheaper at $0.80 / $3.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
- Amazon Nova Pro accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 34.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 300K | 33K |
| Max output | 10K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.80 | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.20 | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1270 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147), Qwen Max: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 25% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 1.7% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | 1269 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 32.6% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 48.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.8 | — |
| LiveBench | 43.5% | — |
Math Amazon Nova Pro leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243), Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 24.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 38% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
Knowledge Qwen Max leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.4% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 30.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.6% | — |
| MMLU | 82% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126), Qwen Max: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 980 | — |
Multilingual Qwen Max leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223), Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1234 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1244 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1271 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1243 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1200 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1203 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1182 | 1290 |
Instruction Following Qwen Max leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226), Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1235 | 1262 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.1% | — |
| IFEval | 81.5% | — |
Long Context Qwen Max leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1255 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226), Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1259 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1212 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1246 | 1277 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 60.5% | — |
| WildBench | 77.7% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 37% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Pro better than Qwen Max?
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Pro costs 2.0× 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 Pro or Qwen Max?
Amazon Nova Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.80 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.
Is Amazon Nova Pro or Qwen Max better for coding?
Amazon Nova Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.1 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Pro does, with 300K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and Qwen Max share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.