NOVA-63 (NOVA-63)

A broad multilingual benchmark row from Qwen's launch comparisons intended to measure cross-lingual capability beyond a single language family.

Top Models on NOVA-63 — March 2026

As of March 2026, Qwen3.5 397B leads the NOVA-63 leaderboard with 59.1% , followed by Qwen3.6 Plus (57.9%) and Claude Opus 4.5 (56.7%).

5 modelsMultilingualCurrentDisplay onlyUpdated April 2, 2026

According to BenchLM.ai, Qwen3.5 397B leads the NOVA-63 benchmark with a score of 59.1%, followed by Qwen3.6 Plus (57.9%) and Claude Opus 4.5 (56.7%). The top models are clustered within 2.4 points, suggesting this benchmark is nearing saturation for frontier models.

5 models have been evaluated on NOVA-63. The benchmark falls in the Multilingual category. This category carries a 7% weight in BenchLM.ai's overall scoring system. NOVA-63 is currently displayed for reference but excluded from the scoring formula, so it does not directly affect overall rankings.

About NOVA-63

Year

2026

Tasks

Broad multilingual evaluation

Format

Cross-lingual benchmark

Difficulty

Broad multilingual capability

NOVA-63 appears in multilingual comparison tables as a harder broad-language benchmark than standard translated math. BenchLM tracks it as a display-only multilingual capability signal until a cleaner public benchmark specification is available.

Qwen3.6 launch benchmarks

BenchLM freshness & provenance

Version

NOVA-63 2026

Refresh cadence

Quarterly

Staleness state

Current

Question availability

Public benchmark set

CurrentDisplay only

BenchLM uses freshness metadata to decide whether a benchmark should still be treated as a strong differentiator, a benchmark to watch, or a display-only reference. For the full scoring policy, see the BenchLM methodology page.

Leaderboard (5 models)

#1Qwen3.5 397B
59.1%
#2Qwen3.6 Plus
57.9%
#3Claude Opus 4.5
56.7%
#4Kimi K2.5
56.0%
#5GLM-5
55.1%

FAQ

What does NOVA-63 measure?

A broad multilingual benchmark row from Qwen's launch comparisons intended to measure cross-lingual capability beyond a single language family.

Which model scores highest on NOVA-63?

Qwen3.5 397B by Alibaba currently leads with a score of 59.1% on NOVA-63.

How many models are evaluated on NOVA-63?

5 AI models have been evaluated on NOVA-63 on BenchLM.

Last updated: April 2, 2026 · BenchLM version NOVA-63 2026

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