Nova Micro vs Qwen-Turbo
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
| Specification |
by Amazon
|
by Alibaba
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current budget | Current budget |
| Released | Dec 3, 2024 | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.035/Mtok | $0.050/Mtok |
| Output | $0.140/Mtok | $0.200/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.061/Mtok | $0.088/Mtok |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 128K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
text
|
text
|
| Benchmarks sources: Vellum LLM Leaderboard / Artificial Analysis | ||
| Avg benchmark score | 40 | — |
| Perf / dollar | 666.7 | — |
| GPQA Diamond | 40 | — |
| SWE-Bench Verified | 10 vendor | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 5 vendor | — |
| ARC-AGI 2 | 4 vendor | — |
| AIME 2025 | 20 vendor | — |
| MMMLU | 62 vendor | — |
| BFCL | 42 vendor | — |
| HumanEval | 68 vendor | — |
| MATH 500 | 42 vendor | — |
| Independent composite scores each on its own scale — not part of the average above | ||
| AA Intelligence Index | — | 6 |
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Amazon — $0.035/$0.140/Mtok
|
Alibaba — $0.050/$0.200/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | Nova Micro | Qwen-Turbo | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.06 | $0.09 | $0.03 (34.3%) |
| 10M tokens | $0.61 | $0.88 | $0.26 (29.7%) |
| 100M tokens | $6.13 | $8.75 | $2.62 (29.9%) |
| 1000M tokens | $61.25 | $87.5 | $26.25 (30%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above- cost dominates: $0.061/Mtok blended vs $0.088 — 30% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- you need the longer context: 1M tokens vs 128K (7.8×)
The cheaper option here — Nova Micro costs $0.061/Mtok blended on Amazon.
Summary
Nova Micro by Amazon costs $0.035/Mtok input and $0.140/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text input.
Qwen-Turbo by Alibaba costs $0.050/Mtok input and $0.200/Mtok output, with a 1M-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, Nova Micro is 30% cheaper than Qwen-Turbo.
The two aren't directly comparable on average benchmark score: Nova Micro has published per-benchmark results, while Qwen-Turbo does not yet — it is measured today on independent composites (see the table above).
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.