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Nova Lite 1.0 vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Updated October 21, 2026. 36 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

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Nova Lite 1.0Amazon
Coding
No data
Overall
6.7
Output $/M
$0.24
0
Qwen3.7 PlusQwen
Coding
33.2
Overall
25.2
Output $/M
$1.28
36
vs boards won of 36 shared

Decision reading

Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Lite 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Nova Lite 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 5.3x less.

Model ANova Lite 1.0AmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.7 PlusQwen33.2/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
36
Nova Lite 1.0 only
5
Qwen3.7 Plus only
39
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

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 Lite 1.0 not benchmarked, Qwen3.7 Plus 33.2 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 75.4 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: Nova Lite 1.0 17.5% against Qwen3.7 Plus 93.0%, 75.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova Lite 1.0 $0.24 against Qwen3.7 Plus $1.28 per million output tokens, 5.3x apart.
Context window
Nova Lite 1.0 takes 300K tokens, Qwen3.7 Plus 1M.

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 Lite 1.0BarsQwen3.7 PlusTies
Coding03
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge04
General020
All shared boards036
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Coding IndexNot measured55.9Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured46.4%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured12.9%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured52.8%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)Not measured54.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)16.7%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
SciCodeNot measured46.1%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)0.8%47.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierCodeNot measured10.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Text: coding12391473Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: software and IT12411473Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Intelligence Index6.725.2Qwen3.7 Plus
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured147.0Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured17.5Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured38.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured10.5%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured16.4%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured49.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
τ²-Bench Telecom17.5%93.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0Not measured2.8%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 PlusLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)43.3%90.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.3%35.6%Qwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured87.9%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured17.0%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12201460Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: expert12011466Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12261460Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1292Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1295Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 PlusLeader
AA Math Index7.0Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)7.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured93.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured34.4%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Text: math12271467Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: mathematical work12351470Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 PlusLeader
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured66.2%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)59.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
MMLU77.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: science12321464Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12131464Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: legal and government12381451Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: business and finance12191435Qwen3.7 Plus
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 PlusLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1269Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1261Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1262Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1275Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1239Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1269Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1208Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1144Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index020
General benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 PlusLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured39.3%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured53.9%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
IFBench34.1%78.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)19.0%73.0%Qwen3.7 Plus
DTBenchNot measured84.0%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMCANot measured37.6%Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Text12291454Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: instruction following12051439Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: creative writing11971438Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision9901278Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: English12431458Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: non-English12081445Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Chinese12251509Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: German12291471Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Japanese11531412Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Korean11531413Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: French12381472Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Spanish12261457Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: Russian12161457Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1449Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn11991459Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: longer queries12341454Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: writing and language12111437Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text: entertainment and media11761422Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: English9991280Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1332Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1288Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1261Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1258Only Qwen3.7 Plus measured
LMArena DocumentNot measured1444Only Qwen3.7 Plus 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 Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 PlusLeader
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 Lite 1.0$0.0002Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.0010Fits in one request

Nova Lite 1.0 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova Lite 1.0$0.0037Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.020Fits in one request

Nova Lite 1.0 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova Lite 1.0$0.014Fits in one request
Qwen3.7 Plus$0.077Fits in one request

Nova Lite 1.0 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 Lite 1.0 and Qwen3.7 Plus
SpecificationAmazon Nova Lite 1.0Qwen3.7 Plus
MakerAmazonQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedDecember 5, 2024June 3, 2026
Context window300K1M
Input $/Mtok$0.06$0.32
Output $/Mtok$0.24$1.28
Coding indexNot benchmarked33.2
Independent measurements behind it02
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova Lite 1.0 better than Qwen3.7 Plus for coding?

Only Qwen3.7 Plus has a coding score, 33.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Lite 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova Lite 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 5.3x less.

Which is cheaper, Nova Lite 1.0 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.32 and $1.28. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova Lite 1.0 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus, with 1M tokens against 300K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova Lite 1.0 vs Qwen3.7 Plus comparison based on?

36 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova Lite 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.7 Plus's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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