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Amazon: Nova 2 Lite
● Excellent8.2
/ 10
Nova 2 Lite is a fast, cost-effective reasoning model for everyday workloads that can process text, images, and videos to generate text. Nova 2 Lite demonstrates standout capabilities in processing...
Specifications
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Lab | Amazon |
| Tags | Fast Long Context Multimodal |
| Overall Score | 8.2/10 |
| Release Date | 2025-12 |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input Price / 1M | $0.30 |
| Output Price / 1M | $2.50 |
| Input Modalities | Text, Image, Video, File |
| Output Modalities | Text |
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
Sources & Further Reading
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