Model comparison

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

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Nova 2.0 Pro Preview Amazon

33.4

Rank #244 Reported

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 30.8 to 22.4.

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Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen3.5 Max Preview specifications
Nova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderAmazonAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.445.3
Released2025-12-02—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked317

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
SciCode42.7%—
LMArena Coding—1487

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
GDP.pdf2%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1483

Math Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math—1474

Knowledge Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert—1489

Multilingual Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English—1465
LMArena Chinese—1534
LMArena French—1484
LMArena German—1487
LMArena Japanese—1495
LMArena Korean—1438
LMArena Russian—1471
LMArena Spanish—1470

Instruction Following Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following—1467

Long Context Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query—1476

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkNova 2.0 Pro PreviewQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text—1470
LMArena Creative Writing—1464
LMArena Multi-Turn—1478

Frequently asked questions

Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 40.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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