Qwen3.5 4B vs Nova 2.0 Lite: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Qwen3.5 4B 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 output speed, Nova 2.0 Lite is fastest: Nova 2.0 Lite (High) at 195 t/s, against Qwen3.5 4B (Non-reasoning) at 20 t/s for Qwen3.5 4B.
| Qwen3.5 4B | Qwen3.5 4B (non-reasoning) | Nova 2.0 Lite (high) | Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) | Nova 2.0 Lite (low) | Nova 2.0 Lite (non-reasoning) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Finance & Accounting | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Strategy & Ops | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Legal | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Healthcare & Medical | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cost per TaskUSD | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Output SpeedTokens/s | 16 | 20 | 195 | 192 | 181 | 173 |
| Time to First Tokens | 0.82 | 0.86 | 17.25 | 17.26 | 7.71 | 1.05 |
| Context Window | 262k | 262k | 1M | 1M | 1M | 1M |
| Creator |  Alibaba | Alibaba |  Amazon | Amazon | Amazon | Amazon |
| License | Open | Open | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Input Modality | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text, image, and video | Supports: text and image | Supports: text and image | Supports: text and image | Supports: text and image |
| Output Modality | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text | Supports: text |
| Providers |  | | | | | |
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Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Task
Cost per Task (USD, Log Scale)
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Capability Indexes
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, HLE-Diamond, AutomationBench-AA, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 4 evaluations: AutomationBench-AA, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, HLE-Diamond, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, AutomationBench-AA, HLE-Diamond · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience v1.1, CritPt v2 (Hard Subset), Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1, HLE-Diamond, Terminal-Bench 4.0, FrontierCode 2.0, AA-Briefcase v1.1 · Higher is better
Incorporates 4 evaluations: AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-Omniscience v1.1, HLE-Diamond, GDP.pdf · Higher is better