Qwen3.5 2B vs Nova 2.0 Lite: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Qwen3.5 2B and Nova 2.0 Lite releases: 2 and 4 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 6 models.
- For intelligence, Nova 2.0 Lite scores highest: Nova 2.0 Lite (high) at 13, against Qwen3.5 2B (Reasoning) at 7 for Qwen3.5 2B.
Releases compared
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Cost
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Speed & Latency
Output Speed
Capability Scores
Capability Indices
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2, AA-Briefcase, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nova 2.0 Lite (high) |  Amazon | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.5 | $0.30 | $2.50 | - | - | - | - | - | 164 | 14.62s | 26.78s | 29.83s | - | - | 1M | Oct 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) | Amazon | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.5 | $0.30 | $2.50 | - | - | - | - | - | 167 | 16.76s | 28.73s | 31.73s | - | - | 1M | Oct 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Nova 2.0 Lite (low) | Amazon | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.5 | $0.30 | $2.50 | - | - | - | - | - | 169 | 8.33s | 20.16s | 23.12s | - | - | 1M | Oct 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Nova 2.0 Lite (Non-reasoning) | Amazon | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.5 | $0.30 | $2.50 | - | - | - | - | - | 154 | 1.04s | 1.04s | 4.29s | - | - | 1M | Oct 2025 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | Not available | - | | |
| Qwen3.5 2B (Reasoning) |  Alibaba | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.3B | 262k | Mar 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | - | |||
| Qwen3.5 2B (Non-reasoning) | Alibaba | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.3B | 262k | Mar 2026 | - | No | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text | - | |||