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Amazon Nova 2 Pro vs Qwen3-235B-A22B

Amazon against Qwen, compared on context, price, and verified benchmark results.

Catalog record checked September 26, 2026Individual provider fields may changeEvidence confidence: High — see receipts below

Amazon

Amazon Nova 2 Pro

Balanced

vs

Qwen

Qwen3-235B-A22B

Balanced · Open weights

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SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 ProQwen3-235B-A22B
ProviderAmazonQwen
TierBalancedBalanced
Context windowWinner: 1M128K
Max outputNot verifiedUnverified33K
Input / 1M tokens$1.25Winner: $0.70
Output / 1M tokens$10Winner: $2.80
WeightsClosedOpen
ParametersNot disclosedUnverified235B total / 22B active (MoE)
Reasoning levelslow, medium, highlow, high, max
Modalitiestext, image, video, audiotext
LicenseNot disclosedUnverifiedApache 2.0
API model idamazon.nova-2-pro-preview-20251202-v1:0qwen3-235b-a22b
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025April 29, 2025
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index [medium] (2026-09-26)14.2Not verifiedUnverified
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (2026-09-26)Not verifiedUnverified9.5

Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Bold indicates the better figure where one is objectively better. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.

Benchmark receipts

Where each score comes from, and how far it can be compared across models.

  • 2026-09-26
    Artificial Analysis (Reasoning, AA-estimated)

    Composite index blending reasoning, knowledge, and coding evals into one 0–100 score.

    Comparable with caveatOnly same-version scores are comparable. v4.3.2 was rebaselined (the top score fell from 66 on v4.1.1 to ~58), so v4.1.1 figures must not be compared with v4.3.2 figures — check measuredAt.

Pricing tiers

Amazon Nova 2 Pro: Standard tier $1.25/$10.00 per MTok on the cross-region global endpoint (Bedrock offer file published 2026-09-26); single-region +10% ($1.375/$11). Flex and batch $0.625/$5.00 global; Priority $2.19/$17.50. No cached-input price is published for Pro. Still preview (id amazon.nova-2-pro-preview-20251202-v1:0, secondary source).

Qwen3-235B-A22B: Model Studio International $0.70 input / $2.80 output per MTok (non-thinking); thinking-mode output $8.40. Open weights (Apache 2.0) for self-hosting; 32,768-token recommended output.

BalancedRecord checked September 26, 2026

Amazon Nova 2 Pro

Nova 2 Pro is Amazon's closed Bedrock flagship with a 1M-token context and multimodal input.

Best for

  • AWS-native workloads
  • Multimodal
  • Long-context

Watch out

Bedrock-only (closed) and still preview — pricing may change, and Amazon reportedly moved most Nova models to maintenance mode without naming 2 Pro among the survivors (secondary report), so do not assume GA. Nova Premier and the original Sonic reached end of life on 2026-09-14; Canvas and Reel follow on 2026-09-30.

BalancedOpen weightsRecord checked September 26, 2026

Qwen3-235B-A22B

Qwen3-235B-A22B is Alibaba's widely deployed open-weight MoE — 235B/22B, strong price-performance.

Best for

  • Open-weight deployments
  • Self-hosting
  • Multilingual

Watch out

Needs multi-GPU for the 235B total; hosted rates vary.

When the cheaper one wins

Qwen3-235B-A22B is cheaper on output at $2.80 per million tokens against $10 for Amazon Nova 2 Pro — about 3.6×. Use the cheaper tier for classification, extraction, summarisation, and any task where the expensive model’s extra score does not change the accepted output. The expensive one only pays if your hardest task actually fails on the cheap tier. These are standard-tier API rates, excluding batch and cache discounts.

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Evidence confidence: High

How strong and complete the evidence behind this comparison is — not a prediction of which model is better.

  • Pricing verified on both sides — Input and output rates are verified for both models.
  • 3/5 core specs verified on both sides — Not published for at least one side: max output, parameter count.
  • 1 shared named benchmark with differing scores — Measured on: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
  • Verified within the last 90 days — Newest catalog check was 2 days ago.
  • Both models carry source citations — Each side has at least two catalog sources on record.

Source receipts

Each catalog figure was checked against the provider or an independent second source on the date shown.

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Common questions

Amazon Nova 2 Pro vs Qwen3-235B-A22B

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

Is Amazon Nova 2 Pro or Qwen3-235B-A22B cheaper for input?
Qwen3-235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 per million input tokens, against $1.25 for Amazon Nova 2 Pro — roughly 1.8× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; Amazon Nova 2 Pro has tiered pricing: Standard tier $1.25/$10.00 per MTok on the cross-region global endpoint (Bedrock offer file published 2026-09-26); single-region +10% ($1.375/$11). Flex and batch $0.625/$5.00 global; Priority $2.19/$17.50. No cached-input price is published for Pro. Still preview (id amazon.nova-2-pro-preview-20251202-v1:0, secondary source). Qwen3-235B-A22B has tiered pricing: Model Studio International $0.70 input / $2.80 output per MTok (non-thinking); thinking-mode output $8.40. Open weights (Apache 2.0) for self-hosting; 32,768-token recommended output.
Is Amazon Nova 2 Pro or Qwen3-235B-A22B cheaper for output?
Qwen3-235B-A22B is cheaper at $2.80 per million output tokens, against $10 for Amazon Nova 2 Pro — roughly 3.6× the price. Output tokens usually dominate a real bill, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. These are base rates; Amazon Nova 2 Pro has tiered pricing: Standard tier $1.25/$10.00 per MTok on the cross-region global endpoint (Bedrock offer file published 2026-09-26); single-region +10% ($1.375/$11). Flex and batch $0.625/$5.00 global; Priority $2.19/$17.50. No cached-input price is published for Pro. Still preview (id amazon.nova-2-pro-preview-20251202-v1:0, secondary source). Qwen3-235B-A22B has tiered pricing: Model Studio International $0.70 input / $2.80 output per MTok (non-thinking); thinking-mode output $8.40. Open weights (Apache 2.0) for self-hosting; 32,768-token recommended output.
Which has the larger context window, Amazon Nova 2 Pro or Qwen3-235B-A22B?
Amazon Nova 2 Pro accepts 1M tokens against 128K for Qwen3-235B-A22B. This only matters if you routinely send very long documents or large codebases.
Do Amazon Nova 2 Pro and Qwen3-235B-A22B support the same reasoning levels?
Amazon Nova 2 Pro exposes low, medium, high, while Qwen3-235B-A22B exposes low, high, max.
Should I use Amazon Nova 2 Pro or Qwen3-235B-A22B?
Both sit in the balanced tier, so the choice usually comes down to price and context rather than capability. Amazon Nova 2 Pro suits aws-native workloads; Qwen3-235B-A22B suits open-weight deployments.
Can I self-host Amazon Nova 2 Pro or Qwen3-235B-A22B?
Qwen3-235B-A22B publishes open weights, but self-hosting and third-party provider access depend on the licence, hardware, serving support, and availability. Amazon Nova 2 Pro is a closed model whose supported access paths are controlled by its provider.

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Choosing between them

The verified figures that separate this pair, computed from the catalog rather than restated boilerplate.

  • Input price: Qwen3-235B-A22B costs $0.70 per 1M tokens versus $1.25 for Amazon Nova 2 Pro — a 1.8x difference at the headline tier.
  • Context: Amazon Nova 2 Pro takes 1M against 128K for Qwen3-235B-A22B — only decisive if your prompts approach the smaller window.
  • Deployment: Qwen3-235B-A22B publishes weights you can self-host; the other is API-only.
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