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Nova Lite 1.0 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B

Updated October 21, 2026. 38 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 Coder 480B A35BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
11.9
Output $/M
$1.50
38
vs boards won of 38 shared

Decision reading

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Nova Lite 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 6.3x less, and where the context window is larger, 300K against 262K tokens.

Model ANova Lite 1.0AmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 Coder 480B A35BQwenNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
38
Nova Lite 1.0 only
3
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B only
14
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 Coder 480B A35B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Coding, 28.5 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run): Nova Lite 1.0 16.7% against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 58.5%, 41.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Nova Lite 1.0 $0.24 against Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B $1.50 per million output tokens, 6.3x apart.
Context window
Nova Lite 1.0 takes 300K tokens, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B 262K.

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 Coder 480B A35BTies
Coding04
Intelligence01
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math04
Knowledge05
General018
All shared boards038
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
Coding benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured69.6%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDevNot measured1275Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)16.7%58.5%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)0.8%18.9%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Terminal-BenchNot measured27.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
GSO-BenchNot measured4.9%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
WeirdMLNot measured41.2%Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
ALE-BenchNot measured461.4Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: coding12391412Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: software and IT12411393Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena WebDev: ReactNot measured1257Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena WebDev: HTMLNot measured1287Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Intelligence Index6.711.9Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
τ²-Bench Telecom17.5%43.6%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)43.3%61.8%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.3%4.5%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: hard prompts12201372Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: expert12011338Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12261380Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
AA Math Index7.039.3Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)7.0%39.3%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: math12271365Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: mathematical work12351367Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Knowledge benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)59.0%78.8%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MMLU77.0%Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: science12321347Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12131347Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: legal and government12381358Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: business and finance12191343Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1159Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1113Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1099Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1084Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1143Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index018
General benchmarks for Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
IFBench34.1%40.5%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)19.0%45.7%Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text12291357Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: instruction following12051355Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: creative writing11971333Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Vision990Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: English12431359Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: non-English12081346Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Chinese12251357Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: German12291325Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Japanese11531311Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Korean11531305Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: French12381398Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Spanish12261360Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: Russian12161366Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: PolishNot measured1344Only Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn11991366Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: longer queries12341378Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: writing and language12111340Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Text: entertainment and media11761317Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
LMArena Vision: English999Not measuredOnly Nova Lite 1.0 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 25 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 Coder 480B A35B
BenchmarkNova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BLeader
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 Coder 480B A35B$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 Coder 480B A35B$0.019Fits 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 Coder 480B A35B$0.075Fits 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 Coder 480B A35B
SpecificationAmazon Nova Lite 1.0Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B
MakerAmazonQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 5, 2024July 23, 2025
Context window300K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.06$0.30
Output $/Mtok$0.24$1.50
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it01
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova Lite 1.0 better than Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nova Lite 1.0 has the edge where output tokens cost 6.3x less, and where the context window is larger, 300K against 262K tokens.

Which is cheaper, Nova Lite 1.0 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B costs $0.30 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova Lite 1.0 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B?

Nova Lite 1.0, with 300K tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Nova Lite 1.0 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B comparison based on?

38 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 Coder 480B A35B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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