Amazon: 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. Nova 2 Lite demonstrates standout capabilities in processing... 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 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 Document and video analysis at scale Cost-conscious enterprise workloads Everyday reasoning and content tasks Multimodal applications requiring text+image+video input
Specifications
| Lab | Amazon |
|---|---|
| Context window | 1,000,000 |
| Input price | $0.30/1M |
| Output price | $2.50/1M |
| Release | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 |
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 2025-12-01 00:00:00. It currently appears in the Overall category on LMRank. It supports Text, image, video, 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.