Nova Pro 1.0 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct leads Nova Pro 1.0 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.9 to 7.0, and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs 1.7x less per output token ($1.90 vs $3.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 40 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Nova Pro 1.0 Replace Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct

Nova Pro 1.0Amazon

Coding: No data
Overall: No data
Output $/M: $3.20

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwen

Coding: No data
Overall: No data
Output $/M: $1.90

vs boards won of 40 shared

Nova Pro 1.0 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: which to pick

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

Pick Nova Pro 1.0 for a larger context window (300K against 262K tokens) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Model ANova Pro 1.0AmazonNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task Model BQwen3 VL 235B A22B InstructQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task

4029

Shared results: 40
Nova Pro 1.0 only: 2
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct only: 9
Like-for-like categories: 7 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.

Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct leads, 9.9 against 7.0.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Nova Pro 1.0 has a Design Arena: websites result, 796.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Nova Pro 1.0
Nova Pro 1.0 takes 300K tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Nova Pro 1.0 $0.0024, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct $0.0012 per turn.
List prices

At a glance

Coding index: Nova Pro 1.0 not benchmarked, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct not benchmarked.
Widest category: Math, 54.5 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap: AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run): Nova Pro 1.0 7.0% against Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 88.3%, 81.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price: Nova Pro 1.0 $3.20 against Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct $1.90 per million output tokens, 1.7x apart.
Context window: Nova Pro 1.0 takes 300K tokens, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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
Category	Nova Pro 1.0	Bars	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Ties
Coding	0		4
Intelligence	0		1
Agentic work	0		1
Reasoning	0		5
Math	0		4
Knowledge	0		5
General	0		20
All shared boards	0		40

CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04

Coding benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)	23.3%	64.6%	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)	6.1%	11.4%	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: coding	1270	1438	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: software and IT	1271	1442	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here

IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01

Intelligence benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
AA Intelligence Index	7.0	9.9	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
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 Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
τ²-Bench Telecom	14.0%	54.1%	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here

ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05

Reasoning benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)	49.9%	77.2%	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)	3.2%	11.9%	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: hard prompts	1246	1428	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: expert	1211	1442	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English	1259	1439	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Vision: diagrams	Not measured	1255	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: homework	Not measured	1277	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here

MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04

Math benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
AA Math Index	7.0	88.3	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)	7.0%	88.3%	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: math	1252	1425	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: mathematical work	1261	1419	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
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 Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)	69.1%	83.6%	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
MMLU	82.0%	Not measured	Only Nova Pro 1.0 measured
LMArena Text: science	1255	1444	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare	1260	1431	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: legal and government	1281	1438	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: business and finance	1229	1433	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here

Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared

Web design benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
Design Arena: websites	796	Not measured	Only Nova Pro 1.0 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here

GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index020

General benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
IFBench	38.1%	56.5%	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)	21.0%	63.7%	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text	1259	1420	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: instruction following	1235	1406	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: creative writing	1212	1366	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Vision	980	1247	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: English	1276	1429	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: non-English	1233	1405	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Chinese	1244	1463	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: German	1243	1424	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Japanese	1200	1385	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Korean	1203	1394	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: French	1271	1452	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Spanish	1182	1428	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Russian	1240	1408	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: Polish	Not measured	1419	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn	1246	1428	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: longer queries	1255	1419	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: writing and language	1247	1392	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Text: entertainment and media	1210	1368	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Vision: English	987	1256	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
LMArena Vision: Chinese	Not measured	1283	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: reading text	Not measured	1253	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: humor	Not measured	1209	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: captioning	Not measured	1281	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things	Not measured	1249	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing	Not measured	1220	Only Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here

Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared

Image generation benchmarks for Nova Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Benchmark	Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct	Leader
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 Pro 1.0$0.0024Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.0012Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Nova Pro 1.0$0.050Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.016Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Nova Pro 1.0$0.192Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct$0.061Fits in one request

Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct 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 Pro 1.0 and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Specification	Amazon Nova Pro 1.0	Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Maker	Amazon	Qwen
Weights	No public weights listed	Open weights
Released	December 5, 2024	September 23, 2025
Context window	300K	262K
Input $/Mtok	$0.80	$0.21
Output $/Mtok	$3.20	$1.90
Coding index	Not benchmarked	Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it	0	0
Cost per solved task	Not computable	Not computable
Source	OpenRouter listing	OpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Nova Pro 1.0 better than Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nova Pro 1.0 for a larger context window (300K against 262K tokens) and work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Nova Pro 1.0 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

Nova Pro 1.0 costs $0.80 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct costs $0.21 and $1.90. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Nova Pro 1.0 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?

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

How many benchmarks is the Nova Pro 1.0 vs Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct comparison based on?

40 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Nova Pro 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

Nova Pro 1.0 or Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: which to pick

Which one for your work

Coding

Intelligence

Web design

Long documents

Everyday cost

At a glance

Benchmark by benchmark

What each workload costs

Chat turn

Repository review

Agent loop

Specification differences

Questions

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