Noometry

Model comparison

Nova Premier 1.0 vs Qwen3 Max

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Nova Premier 1.0 Amazon

38.3

Rank #189 Confirmed

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Nova Premier 1.0 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 Max in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 35.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 44.8% for Nova Premier 1.0 and 72.5% for Qwen3 Max.
  • Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
  • Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

Nova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
ProviderAmazonAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index38.343.7
Released2025-04-302025-09-23
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1M262K
Max output10K66K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$12.50$6
Results tracked633

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
LMArena Coding—1456
ALE-Bench—370.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen3 Max: —

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
Vending-Bench 2—71.56

Reasoning Too close to call

Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
Kagi LLM Benchmark44.8%72.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—30.1%
Chess Puzzles—4%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1448
Mystery Game Puzzles—5%
DTBench—82.1%
LMCA—28.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—142.38

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—18.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—73.3%
Omni-MATH35%—
LMArena Math—1446
MATH Level 5—97.1%

Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads

Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
GPQA Diamond—72.6%
SimpleQA Verified—48.7%
MMLU-Pro72.6%—
GPQA (HELM)51.8%—
LMArena Expert—1455

Multilingual Not comparable

Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
LMArena Non-English—1429
LMArena Chinese—1478
LMArena French—1449
LMArena German—1463
LMArena Japanese—1397
LMArena Korean—1399
LMArena Russian—1428
LMArena Spanish—1462

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
IFEval80.3%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1419

Long Context Not comparable

Nova Premier 1.0: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
Fiction.LiveBench—66.7%
CL-bench—14.5%
LMArena Longer Query—1438

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

BenchmarkNova Premier 1.0Qwen3 Max
LMArena Text—1439
LMArena Creative Writing—1402
WildBench78.8%—
LMArena Multi-Turn—1446

Frequently asked questions

Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Nova Premier 1.0 or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Nova Premier 1.0 and Qwen3 Max share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Nova Premier 1.0 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.

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