LLM·Dex

Amazon Nova Pro vs Qwen3-32B

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

Verdict by category
  • PriceAmazon Nova Pro

    Amazon Nova Pro publishes pricing ($3.20 / 1M output tokens) while Qwen3-32B does not.

  • Context windowAmazon Nova Pro

    Amazon Nova Pro accepts 300K tokens vs 128K, 2.3× the room for long documents and codebases.

  • BenchmarksTie

    No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores.

  • ModalitiesAmazon Nova Pro

    Amazon Nova Pro supports 3 modalities (text, vision, video) vs 1 for Qwen3-32B.

  • OpennessQwen3-32B

    Qwen3-32B ships open weights (Apache-2.0); Amazon Nova Pro is API-only.

On balance Amazon Nova Pro edges ahead, winning 3 of 5 categories against Qwen3-32B's 1. Amazon Nova Pro publishes pricing ($3.20 / 1M output tokens) while Qwen3-32B does not. Amazon Nova Pro accepts 300K tokens vs 128K, 2.3× the room for long documents and codebases.

No directly comparable public benchmarks are available for both models, check the spec sheets for individual scores. They differ in modality coverage, Amazon Nova Pro handles text, vision, video while Qwen3-32B handles text, which can be the deciding factor before you even look at benchmarks. Qwen3-32B ships open weights (Apache-2.0); Amazon Nova Pro is API-only.

Qwen3-32B is the newer of the two, released 5 months after Amazon Nova Pro, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Amazon Nova Pro is usually picked for enterprise llm and rag workloads, while Qwen3-32B sees more deployments in open source llm and edge deployment. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecAmazon Nova ProQwen3-32B
ProviderOtherAlibaba
ReleasedDec 2024Apr 2025
Modalitiestext, vision, videotext
Context window300K tokens128K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1M$0.80 / 1M tokensPricing not published
Output · 1M$3.20 / 1M tokensPricing not published
Knowledge cutoff,,
Open weightsNoYes (Apache-2.0)
API availableYesYes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day$7.20 vs ,
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day$72.00 vs ,
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day$139 vs ,

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Amazon Nova Pro$0.240
  • Qwen3-32BPricing unavailable

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Benchmark scores not yet available. We only publish numbers we can source from official model cards or independent leaderboards, see methodology.
Pick Amazon Nova Pro if

Amazon Nova Pro fits when…

  • AWS-native
  • Long context
  • Multimodal incl. video
  • Long-context tasks, handles 300K tokens vs 128K for Qwen3-32B.
  • Multimodal needs covering vision, video.
Pick Qwen3-32B if

Qwen3-32B fits when…

  • Apache-2.0
  • Fits modest hardware budgets
  • Self-hosting and on-prem requirements, open weights (Apache-2.0).
Don't want either?

Consider DBRX

Databricks' 132B MoE, a notable 2024 open-weight release tuned for enterprise.

Frequently asked

  • Is Amazon Nova Pro or Qwen3-32B cheaper?
    Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Amazon Nova Pro accepts 300K tokens vs 128K for Qwen3-32B.
  • Is Amazon Nova Pro or Qwen3-32B better for coding?
    Both Amazon Nova Pro and Qwen3-32B are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Qwen3-32B ships open weights (Apache-2.0). Amazon Nova Pro is API-only.
  • When were Amazon Nova Pro and Qwen3-32B released?
    Amazon Nova Pro was released by Other on 2024-12-03. Qwen3-32B was released by Alibaba on 2025-04-29.
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