Nova Micro vs Qwen3.5-397B-A17B Comparison

Comparing Nova Micro and Qwen3.5-397B-A17B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Nova Micro outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, IFEval).

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Nova Micro costs less

For input processing, Nova Micro ($0.03/1M tokens) is 20.0x cheaper than Qwen3.5-397B-A17B ($0.60/1M tokens).

For output processing, Nova Micro ($0.14/1M tokens) is 25.7x cheaper than Qwen3.5-397B-A17B ($3.60/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is more expensive than Nova Micro.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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Nova Micro

Input tokens$0.03

Output tokens$0.14

Best providerAWS Bedrock

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Input tokens$0.60

Output tokens$3.60

Best providerNovita

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B accepts 262,144 input tokens compared to Nova Micro's 128,000 tokens. Nova Micro can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is limited to 64,000 tokens.

Nova Micro

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Input262,144 tokens

Output64,000 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nova Micro does not.

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Nova Micro

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nova Micro is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Nova Micro

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nova Micro was released on 2024-11-20, while Qwen3.5-397B-A17B was released on 2026-02-16.

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is 15 months newer than Nova Micro.

Nova Micro

Nov 20, 2024

1.3 years ago

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B

Feb 16, 2026

3 weeks ago

1.2yr newer

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

Provider Availability

Nova Micro is available from Bedrock. Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.