Nova 2 Lite
Summary
Nova 2 Lite is a proprietary language model from Amazon, released on 2 Dec 2025. It accepts text, images and PDFs and generates text, with a 1M-token context window and up to 66K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens (Amazon Bedrock), across 3 providers we track.
Multimodal reasoning model for visual analysis, planning, and tool use
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Amazon |
|---|---|
| Release date | 2 Dec 2025 [models.dev] |
| Status | Generally available [models.dev] |
| Weights | Proprietary (API only) [models.dev] |
| Context window | 1M (1,000,000 tokens) [models.dev] |
| Max output | 66K tokens [models.dev] |
| Knowledge cutoff | Oct 2024 [models.dev] |
| Input | Text, images and PDFs [models.dev] |
| Output | Text [models.dev] |
| Reasoning mode | Yes [models.dev] |
| Tool calling | No [models.dev] |
Nova 2 Lite API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Bedrock global.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0 | $0.30 | $2.50 | $0.07 | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Vercel AI Gateway amazon/nova-2-lite | $0.30 | $2.50 | $0.07 | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| OpenRouter amazon/nova-2-lite-v1 | $0.30 | $2.50 | – | 1M | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Amazon Bedrock us.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0 | $0.33 | $2.75 | $0.08 | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Amazon Bedrock amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0 | $0.33 | $2.75 | $0.08 | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Amazon Bedrock eu.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0 | $0.37 | $3.16 | $0.09 | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
| Amazon Bedrock jp.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0 | $0.40 | $3.31 | $0.10 | 1M | models.dev, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite has a context window of 1,000,000 tokens (1M) and can generate up to 65,535 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.
How much does the Nova 2 Lite API cost?
Nova 2 Lite is listed from $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens (Amazon Bedrock). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
Is Nova 2 Lite open source?
No. Nova 2 Lite is a proprietary model; Amazon has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Amazon Bedrock, Vercel AI Gateway, OpenRouter.
When was Nova 2 Lite released?
Amazon released Nova 2 Lite on 2 Dec 2025, according to models.dev.
Which providers offer Nova 2 Lite?
We track Nova 2 Lite on 3 providers: Amazon Bedrock, Vercel AI Gateway, OpenRouter.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.
Sources
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/amazon-bedrock/models/global.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0.toml
- https://openrouter.ai/amazon/nova-2-lite-v1
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/amazon-bedrock/models/us.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/amazon-bedrock/models/amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/amazon-bedrock/models/eu.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0.toml
- https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/amazon-bedrock/models/jp.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0.toml