Nova Lite 1.0
Summary
Nova Lite 1.0 is a language model from Amazon, released on 5 Dec 2024. It accepts text and images and generates text, with a 300K-token context window and up to 5K output tokens per response. As of 4 Oct 2026, the lowest listed API price is $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens (OpenRouter), across 1 provider we track.
Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 is a very low-cost multimodal model from Amazon that focused on fast processing of image, video, and text inputs to generate text output. Amazon Nova Lite...
Last verified 4 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page links to its source.
Specifications
| Developer | Amazon |
|---|---|
| Release date | 5 Dec 2024 [OpenRouter] |
| Status | Generally available |
| Context window | 300K (300,000 tokens) [OpenRouter] |
| Max output | 5K tokens [OpenRouter] |
| Knowledge cutoff | 31 Oct 2024 [OpenRouter] |
| Input | Text and images [OpenRouter] |
| Output | Text [OpenRouter] |
| Reasoning mode | No [OpenRouter] |
| Tool calling | Yes [OpenRouter] |
| Structured output | No [OpenRouter] |
Nova Lite 1.0 API pricing by provider
USD per million tokens. Sorted by input price.
| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter amazon/nova-lite-v1 | $0.06 | $0.24 | – | 300K | OpenRouter, 4 Oct 2026 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the context window of Nova Lite 1.0?
Nova Lite 1.0 has a context window of 300,000 tokens (300K) and can generate up to 5,120 tokens in a single response, according to OpenRouter.
How much does the Nova Lite 1.0 API cost?
Nova Lite 1.0 is listed from $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens (OpenRouter). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.
When was Nova Lite 1.0 released?
Amazon released Nova Lite 1.0 on 5 Dec 2024, according to OpenRouter.
Change history
No changes detected since we started tracking this model. We re-check every source daily.