Nova 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 57.7)
- •Nova Lite is cheaper ($0.06 vs $0.39 per 1M input)
- •Nova Lite is faster
- •Nova Lite has a larger context window (300K)
| Nova Lite | Qwen3.5 397B A17B | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 57.7 | 89.3 |
| Developer | Amazon | Alibaba |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 300,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.06 / 1M | $0.39 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.24 / 1M | $2.34 / 1M |
| Speed | 100 tok/s | 53 tok/s |
| Released | November 20, 2024 | February 16, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Nova Lite
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
GPQA Diamond
42
89.3
Humanity’s Last Exam
4.6
27.3