Amazon model product
Nova 2 Lite
Amazon Nova 2 Lite is a low-latency, cost-effective multimodal reasoning model for everyday workloads.
Updated Aug 17, 2026. Default version: Nova 2 Lite
LLMBoard Score42.4Nova 2 Lite
Coverage100%18 benchmark families
Context window1MTokens
Official input price$0.33Amazon Bedrock API
Nova 2 Lite Capability Profile
This profile uses the model's current scored version. Arena ratings and prices are shown separately.
Nova 2 Lite Benchmark Results
Benchmark scores for Nova 2 Lite.
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Benchmark | Score | Rank | Participants | Percentile | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| BenchmarkLongCodeBench | Score84.0% | Rank01 | Participants2 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkQVHighlights | Score77.2% | Rank01 | Participants3 | Percentile100.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMulti-Challenge | Score76.6% | Rank02 | Participants29 | Percentile96.4% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkRealKIE-FCC | Score62.1% | Rank02 | Participants3 | Percentile50.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkOCRBench_V2 | Score56.1% | Rank07 | Participants7 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Airline | Score64.8% | Rank08 | Participants23 | Percentile68.2% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkBFCL-V4 | Score60.3% | Rank09 | Participants15 | Percentile42.9% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Retail | Score76.5% | Rank14 | Participants26 | Percentile48.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkScreenSpot | Score83.3% | Rank16 | Participants16 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTerminal-Bench | Score32.5% | Rank17 | Participants25 | Percentile33.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkIFBench | Score70.8% | Rank19 | Participants34 | Percentile45.5% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkLiveCodeBench | Score71.0% | Rank22 | Participants75 | Percentile71.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkTau2 Telecom | Score76.0% | Rank23 | Participants35 | Percentile35.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMCP Atlas | Score24.6% | Rank33 | Participants33 | Percentile0.0% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkAIME 2025 | Score91.0% | Rank44 | Participants115 | Percentile62.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMMU-Pro | Score61.8% | Rank47 | Participants68 | Percentile31.3% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkMMLU-Pro | Score80.9% | Rank52 | Participants134 | Percentile61.6% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkSWE-Bench Verified | Score64.5% | Rank79 | Participants111 | Percentile29.1% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
| BenchmarkGPQA | Score79.6% | Rank94 | Participants239 | Percentile60.9% | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Nova 2 Lite Arena Results
Preference and agent-evaluation results for the default version.
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Arena | Category | Rank | Rating / score | Votes | Observations | Result date |
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| Arenatext factuality | Categoryoverall | Rank142 | Rating / score1380.1 | Votes11,833 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenatext | Categoryoverall | Rank172 | Rating / score1362.1 | Votes12,298 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
| Arenatext style control | Categoryoverall | Rank214 | Rating / score1335.7 | Votes12,298 | ObservationsN/A | Result date |
Nova 2 Lite Pricing
Official vendor API pricing appears first, followed by individual provider offers.
- Official API
- $0.33 input, $2.75 output per 1M
- Official provider
- Amazon Bedrock
- Lowest third-party
- From $0.30 input, $2.5 output per 1M via OpenRouter
- Tracked offerings
- 5
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Provider | Provider model ID | Region | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Context | Updated |
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| ProviderNova | Provider model IDnova-2-lite-v1 | Regionglobal | Input / 1MN/A | Output / 1MN/A | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderOpenRouter | Provider model IDamazon/nova-2-lite-v1 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.30 | Output / 1M$2.5 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderVercel AI Gateway | Provider model IDamazon/nova-2-lite | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.30 | Output / 1M$2.5 | Context1M | Updated |
| ProviderAmazon Bedrock | Provider model IDamazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0 | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.33 | Output / 1M$2.75 | Context128K | Updated |
| ProviderCortecs | Provider model IDnova-2-lite | Regionglobal | Input / 1M$0.373 | Output / 1M$3.14 | Context1M | Updated |
Official prices use only the vendor's configured official Provider and positive standard USD PAYG rates. Third-party offers remain explicitly labeled.
Nova 2 Lite Runtime Performance
Provider-specific output speed and catalog latency for Nova 2 Lite. Runtime does not affect the capability score.
No runtime data
Browse runtime rankingsNo provider-specific speed or latency record is linked to the default version yet.
Output Speed is generated output tokens received per second. Catalog latency is reported separately from observed provider TTFT.
Nova 2 Lite Specifications
Technical details for the model's default version.
- Version
- Nova 2 Lite
- Released
- Dec 2, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Unknown
- Parameters
- N/A
- Context window
- 1M
- Max output
- 65.5K
- Inputs
- image, text, video
- Outputs
- text
- Open weights
- No
- License
- Proprietary
Nova 2 Lite Versions
Available versions of this model. The score column identifies the version used in the overall ranking.
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Version | Released | LLMBoard | Parameters | Context | Max output | Open weights | License |
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| VersionNova 2 Lite | Released | LLMBoard42.4 | ParametersN/A | Context1M | Max output65.5K | Open weightsNo | LicenseProprietary |
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What is Nova 2 Lite?
Key information about Nova 2 Lite and its available data.
Amazon Nova 2 Lite is a low-latency, cost-effective multimodal reasoning model for everyday workloads.
It processes text, images, and video to generate text output, with hybrid reasoning controls that let developers toggle extended thinking on or off and adjust depth (low, medium, high) to balance accuracy, speed, and cost. 5 Flash on most standard benchmarks.
Data as of 2026-08-17.
FAQ
Common questions about Nova 2 Lite.
When was Nova 2 Lite released?
Nova 2 Lite's default version was released on Dec 2, 2025.
How much does Nova 2 Lite cost?
Nova 2 Lite's official API price is $0.33 per million input tokens and $2.75 per million output tokens via Amazon Bedrock. The lowest tracked third-party offer starts at $0.30 input and $2.5 output via OpenRouter.
Who created Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite was created by Amazon.
What is the context window for Nova 2 Lite?
The default version has a 1M token context window.
Is Nova 2 Lite open weight?
No. The default version is not marked as having publicly available weights.
How many API providers offer Nova 2 Lite?
5 provider offerings are linked to the default version.
What models should I compare Nova 2 Lite with?
Nearby ranked alternatives include GPT-OSS-120B, Step3 VL 10B, Qwen3 VL 235B A22B.