# Nova 2 Lite

> 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.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/nova-2-lite
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Amazon
- **Release date:** 2 Dec 2025 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)
- **Context window:** 1M (1,000,000 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)
- **Max output:** 66K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Oct 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)
- **Input:** Text, images and PDFs (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)
- **Tool calling:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-2-lite.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.30 | $2.50 | $0.07 | 1M |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.30 | $2.50 | $0.07 | 1M |
| OpenRouter | $0.30 | $2.50 | – | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.33 | $2.75 | $0.08 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.33 | $2.75 | $0.08 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.37 | $3.16 | $0.09 | 1M |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.40 | $3.31 | $0.10 | 1M |

## FAQ

### 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.

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