Nova 2 Lite
Nova 2 Lite is a fast, cost-effective reasoning model for everyday workloads that can process text, images, and videos to generate text.
Specifications
| Lab | Amazon |
|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Input price | $0.30/1M |
| Output price | $2.50/1M |
| Release | Dec 2025 |
Strengths
- 1M token context window for massive document processing
- Fast inference for everyday workloads at reasonable pricing
- Multimodal: processes text, images, and video inputs
- Strong reasoning capabilities for a lite-tier model
- Cost-effective at $0.30/$2.50 per 1M tokens
Weaknesses
- Lite variant has reduced capability vs Nova flagship models
- Higher output pricing ($2.50/M) limits long-generation use cases
- AWS ecosystem lock-in for optimal performance
Best for
- Document and video analysis at scale
- Cost-conscious enterprise workloads
- Everyday reasoning and content tasks
- Multimodal applications requiring text+image+video input
In Depth: Nova 2 Lite
Summary
Nova 2 Lite is an AI model from Amazon.
Released in Dec 2025. It currently appears in the Overall category on LMRank. It takes text, image, video, and file input and produces text output, with a context window of 1M tokens. Input pricing is $0.30 per 1M tokens and output is $2.50 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter.