Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Amazon vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the higher intelligence index (89.3 vs 82.1)
- •Nova 2 Lite is cheaper ($0.30 vs $0.39 per 1M input)
- •Nova 2 Lite is faster
- •Nova 2 Lite has a larger context window (1M)
| Nova 2 Lite | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 82.1 | 89.3 |
| Developer | Amazon | Alibaba |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.30 / 1M | $0.39 / 1M |
| Output price | $2.50 / 1M | $2.34 / 1M |
| Speed | 229 tok/s | 53 tok/s |
| Released | December 2, 2025 | February 16, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Video | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Nova 2 Lite
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
GPQA Diamond
81.1
89.3
Humanity’s Last Exam
10.9
27.3