Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: side-by-side summary

Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct are available through the OpenRouter API, so switching between them takes a model slug change rather than a new integration.

Nova 2 Lite, from Amazon, has a 1,000,000-token context window and is priced at $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct, from Qwen, has a 262,144-token context window and is priced at $0.20/M tokens input, $0.88/M tokens output on OpenRouter.

Context window

• Nova 2 Lite: 1,000,000 tokens
• Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: 262,144 tokens

Price

• Nova 2 Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
• Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: $0.20/M tokens input, $0.88/M tokens output

Provided by

• Nova 2 Lite: Amazon
• Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: Qwen

• Nova 2 Lite model details, providers and pricing
• Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct model details, providers and pricing