Model comparison
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview vs Qwen3 8B
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen3 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.4 vs 33.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3 8B in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Qwen3 8B leads 30.2 to 21.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 42.7% for Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and 22.6% for Qwen3 8B.
- Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 42.7% | 22.6% |
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3 8B leads
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136), Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
| GDP.pdf | 2% | — |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
Long Context Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better than Qwen3 8B?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen3 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.4 vs 33.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Qwen3 8B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.