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Nova Pro vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Comparing Nova Pro and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Amazon · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nova Pro and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

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

Choose Nova Pro

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.80/M input and $3.20/M output

Choose Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Nova Pro
Amazon
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.80 / M
— / M
Output price
$3.20 / M
— / M
Context window
300,000
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Released
Nov 2024
Sep 2025
License
Proprietary
Apache 2.0

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Nova Pro and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Basedon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

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
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Aug 25 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Nova Pro supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base 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

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nova Pro is licensed under a proprietary license, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base 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

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nova Pro was released on 2024-11-20, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is 10 months newer than Nova Pro.

Nova Pro

Nov 20, 2024

1.8 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Sep 10, 2025

11 months ago

9mo 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

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

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

Nova Pro
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
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FAQ

Common questions about Nova Pro vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base.

Which is better, Nova Pro or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Nova Pro (Amazon) and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Nova Pro compare to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base in benchmarks?

Nova Pro scores ARC-C: 94.8%, GSM8k: 94.8%, DocVQA: 93.5%, IFEval: 92.1%, ChartQA: 89.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Nova Pro and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Nova Pro supports 300K tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base 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 Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

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 Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base?

Nova Pro is developed by Amazon and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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