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Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3.8 27B

Qwen3.8 27B leads Nova 2 Lite on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 33.7 to 13.4, at about the same output price ($2.55 vs $2.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 30 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Nova 2 Lite Replace Qwen3.8 27B
Nova 2 LiteAmazon
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.50
0
Qwen3.8 27BQwen
Coding
74.2
Overall
59.6
Output $/M
$2.55
30
vs boards won of 30 shared

Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3.8 27B: which to pick

Only Qwen3.8 27B has a coding score, 74.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova 2 Lite has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Nova 2 Lite for output tokens 1.0x cheaper ($2.50 vs $2.55 per million).

Model ANova 2 LiteAmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.8 27BQwen74.2/1004 independent benchmarks$1.26 per solved task
Shared results
30
Nova 2 Lite only
1
Qwen3.8 27B only
55
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Nova 2 Lite not benchmarked, Qwen3.8 27B 74.2 from 4 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 25.2 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
AA Coding Index: Nova 2 Lite 23.0 against Qwen3.8 27B 68.1, 45.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova 2 Lite $2.50 against Qwen3.8 27B $2.55 per million output tokens, 1.0x apart.
Context window
Both take 1M tokens.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryNova 2 LiteBarsQwen3.8 27BTies
Coding03
Intelligence01
Reasoning03
Math02
Knowledge04
General017
All shared boards030
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27BLeader
LiveBench codingNot measured86.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1593Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
AA Coding Index23.068.1Qwen3.8 27B
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured84.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured64.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured14.2%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
IOI (Vals AI)Not measured39.1%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured58.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured38.1%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured67.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
SciCodeNot measured46.6%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
ALE-Bench236.3Not measuredOnly Nova 2 Lite measured
LMArena Text: coding13851483Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: software and IT13941478Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1602Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1570Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena WebDev: from an imageNot measured1577Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27BLeader
AA Intelligence Index13.433.7Qwen3.8 27B
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured151.7Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27BLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured45.8Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LiveBench researchNot measured59.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LiveBench browserNot measured32.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LiveBench long agenticNot measured27.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured48.5%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured30.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured36.1%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured59.7%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured47.5%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27BLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured88.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LiveBench reasoningNot measured80.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured83.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured90.5%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured33.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
ARC-AGINot measured87.5%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured42.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13641459Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: expert13591479Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13851461Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1285Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1295Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27BLeader
ProofBenchNot measured16.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text: math13591455Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: mathematical work13691458Qwen3.8 27B
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27BLeader
MMLU ProNot measured84.3%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured70.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured64.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured28.7%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text: science13821467Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13861437Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: legal and government13591447Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: business and finance13691438Qwen3.8 27B
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27BLeader
LiveBench designNot measured75.9%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
General benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27BLeader
LiveBench data analysisNot measured76.6%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured52.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured83.8%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured82.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
DTBenchNot measured88.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMCANot measured41.4%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Surface Evolver BenchNot measured45.0%Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text13621440Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: instruction following13351436Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: creative writing12921383Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena VisionNot measured1269Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Text: English13851448Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: non-English13371428Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Chinese13641501Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: German13431443Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Japanese12731387Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Korean12811384Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: French13811465Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Spanish13751449Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Russian13421415Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: Polish13271439Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: multi-turn13381440Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: longer queries13351448Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: writing and language13181405Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13091393Qwen3.8 27B
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1267Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1326Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1281Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1235Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1237Only Qwen3.8 27B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
BenchmarkNova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.0015Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 27B$0.0017Fits in one request

Nova 2 Lite costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.022Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 27B$0.029Fits in one request

Nova 2 Lite costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova 2 Lite$0.085Fits in one request
Qwen3.8 27B$0.111Fits in one request

Nova 2 Lite costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Nova 2 Lite and Qwen3.8 27B
SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 LiteQwen3.8 27B
MakerAmazonQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025August 14, 2026
Context window1M1M
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.425
Output $/Mtok$2.50$2.55
Coding indexNot benchmarked74.2
Independent measurements behind it04
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.26
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova 2 Lite better than Qwen3.8 27B for coding?

Only Qwen3.8 27B has a coding score, 74.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova 2 Lite has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nova 2 Lite for output tokens 1.0x cheaper ($2.50 vs $2.55 per million).

Which is cheaper, Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3.8 27B?

Nova 2 Lite costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 27B costs $0.425 and $2.55. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.8 27B only.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova 2 Lite or Qwen3.8 27B?

Neither: both take 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Nova 2 Lite vs Qwen3.8 27B comparison based on?

30 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova 2 Lite's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.8 27B's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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