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Nova 2 Omni vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Nova 2 Omni leads the LLM Stats Score 25.7 to 20.1.

Amazon · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nova 2 Omni leads the overall LLM Stats Score 25.7 to 20.1, ranking #164 overall.

In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Nova 2 Omni wins 5; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Nova 2 Omni

  • overall performance matters — it scores 25.7 and ranks #164 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 5 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2025

Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nova 2 Omni
Amazon
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
25.7
#164
20.1
#205
Reasoning
28.0
#139
19.9
#200
Agents
4.6
#159
8.2
#141
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
5 of 5
0 of 5
Input price
— / M
$0.09 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.10 / M
Context window
—
262,144

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Nova 2 Omni
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Math
25.1#116
20.6#158
Tool use
14.8#98
4.2#165
Writing
23.5#9
10.0#74
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

18 reported for Nova 2 Omni · 24 for Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

5 shared

Nova 2 Omni outperforms in 5 benchmarks (AIME 2025, MMLU-Pro, Tau2 Airline, Tau2 Retail, Tau2 Telecom), while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Nova 2 Omni significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Fri Oct 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

Amazon
Nova 2 Omni
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Fri Oct 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Nova 2 Omni supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct does not.

Nova 2 Omni can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Nova 2 Omni

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nova 2 Omni is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Nova 2 Omni

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nova 2 Omni was released on 2025-12-02, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

Nova 2 Omni is 3 months newer than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

Nova 2 Omni

Dec 2, 2025

10 months ago

2mo newer
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

1.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Nova 2 Omni and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nova 2 Omni
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Nova 2 Omni vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

Which is better, Nova 2 Omni or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Nova 2 Omni leads the LLM Stats Score 25.7 to 20.1. Nova 2 Omni is made by Amazon and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Nova 2 Omni compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct in benchmarks?

Nova 2 Omni scores AIME 2025: 92.1%, RefCOCOg: 86.3%, ScreenSpot: 85.4%, MMLU-Pro: 80.7%, Tau2 Telecom: 80.0%. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct scores MMLU-Redux: 90.9%, MultiPL-E: 87.8%, IFEval: 87.6%, WritingBench: 87.3%, Creative Writing v3: 85.3%.

What are the context window sizes for Nova 2 Omni and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Nova 2 Omni supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Nova 2 Omni and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (25.7 vs 20.1), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nova 2 Omni and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

Nova 2 Omni is developed by Amazon and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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