# Nova Lite

> Nova Lite is a proprietary language model from Amazon, released on 3 Dec 2024. It accepts text, images, video and PDFs and generates text, with a 300K-token context window and up to 10K 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 (Amazon Bedrock), across 2 providers we track.

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

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Amazon
- **Release date:** 3 Dec 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)
- **Weights:** Proprietary (API only) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)
- **Context window:** 300K (300,000 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)
- **Max output:** 10K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Oct 2024 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)
- **Input:** Text, images, video and PDFs (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** No (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vercel/models/amazon/nova-lite.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.06 | $0.24 | $0.01 | 300K |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.06 | $0.24 | $0.01 | 300K |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.06 | $0.24 | $0.01 | 300K |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.06 | $0.25 | $0.02 | 300K |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.06 | $0.26 | $0.02 | 300K |
| Amazon Bedrock | $0.07 | $0.28 | $0.02 | 300K |

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Nova Lite?

Nova Lite has a context window of 300,000 tokens (300K) and can generate up to 10,000 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### How much does the Nova Lite API cost?

Nova Lite is listed from $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens (Amazon Bedrock). Prices last verified 4 Oct 2026.

### Is Nova Lite open source?

No. Nova Lite is a proprietary model; Amazon has not released its weights. It is available through APIs including Amazon Bedrock, Vercel AI Gateway.

### When was Nova Lite released?

Amazon released Nova Lite on 3 Dec 2024, according to models.dev.

### Which providers offer Nova Lite?

We track Nova Lite on 2 providers: Amazon Bedrock, Vercel AI Gateway.

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