Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Compare Nova 2 Lite from Amazon and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the OpenRouter API.

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

Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking 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 Thinking, from Qwen, has a 131,072-token context window and is priced by the provider serving it on OpenRouter.

Context window

Nova 2 Lite: 1,000,000 tokens
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: 131,072 tokens

Price

Nova 2 Lite: $0.30/M tokens input, $2.50/M tokens output
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: Pricing varies by provider

Provided by

Nova 2 Lite: Amazon
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking: Qwen

Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking at a glance

Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking comparison
Attribute	Nova 2 Lite	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking
Input price	$0.30/M tokens	Pricing varies by provider
Output price	$2.50/M tokens	Pricing varies by provider
Context window	1,000,000 tokens	131,072 tokens
Intelligence Index	12.5	13.4
Coding Index	Not available	Not available
Agentic Index	Not available	Not available
Latency (p50)	1.05 s	Not available
Throughput (p50)	86.0 tok/s	Not available

Benchmark data updated Oct 5, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which has the longer context window, Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking?

Nova 2 Lite has the longer context window at 1,000,000 tokens, compared with 131,072 tokens for Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking.

Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Thinking

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