Nova 2 Lite Model Specs, Costs & Benchmarks (July 2026)
Nova 2 Lite, developed by Amazon, features a context window of 1M tokens. The model costs $0.30 per million tokens for input and $2.50 per million tokens for output. It was released on December 2, 2025, and has achieved impressive scores in various benchmarks.
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Overview
 Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | Amazon |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 1M tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 65.5K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | December 2, 2025 7 months ago December 2nd, 2025 |
Pricing
| Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $0.30 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $2.50 per million tokens |
Capabilities & Features
| Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | textimagevideofile |
Output Types Supported output formats | text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | Nova |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓ Function Calling✓ Reasoning Mode✓ Content Moderation |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | Optional |
Benchmarks
| Nova 2 Lite | |
|---|---|
Intelligence Index Overall model quality across independent evaluations | 18.2 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Coding Index Programming performance across independent evaluations | 23 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Agentic Index Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks | 3.1 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
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