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Nova Pro vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Nova Pro shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Amazon · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nova Pro outperforms in 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, BBH, GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU), while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MATH). Nova Pro shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Nova Pro

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 5 of 7 shared benchmarks
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2024

Choose Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nova Pro
Amazon
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
5 of 7
2 of 7
Input price
$0.80 / M
— / M
Output price
$3.20 / M
— / M
Context window
300,000
—
Released
Nov 2024
Sep 2024
License
Proprietary
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

Nova Pro outperforms in 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, BBH, GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU), while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MATH).

Nova Pro shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Thu Aug 27 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nova Pro specifies input context (300,000 tokens). Only Nova Pro specifies output context (300,000 tokens).

Amazon
Nova Pro
Input300,000 tokens
Output300,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Aug 27 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Nova Pro supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not.

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

Nova Pro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nova Pro is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Nova Pro

Proprietary

Closed source

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nova Pro was released on 2024-11-20, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Nova Pro is 2 months newer than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.

Nova Pro

Nov 20, 2024

1.8 years ago

2mo newer
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.9 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

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Nova Pro and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Nova Pro
✓ Preferred
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Nova Pro vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.

Which is better, Nova Pro or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Nova Pro shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Nova Pro is made by Amazon and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Nova Pro compare to Qwen2.5 14B Instruct in benchmarks?

Nova Pro scores ARC-C: 94.8%, GSM8k: 94.8%, DocVQA: 93.5%, IFEval: 92.1%, ChartQA: 89.2%. Qwen2.5 14B Instruct scores GSM8k: 94.8%, HumanEval: 83.5%, MBPP: 82.0%, MATH: 80.0%, MMLU-Redux: 80.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Nova Pro and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Nova Pro supports 300K tokens and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Nova Pro and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

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

Who makes Nova Pro and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Nova Pro is developed by Amazon and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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