Amazon Nova 2 Lite
Amazon Nova 2 Lite is a language model from Amazon released on Dec 1, 2025. It reads text and writes text, with a 1M token context window and up to 66K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.51 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.255, 50% less than fresh input.
It supports tool calling and prompt caching.
3 providers serve it, including Kilo Gateway, NanoGPT and Nova. The lowest input price is $0.30 per million tokens at Kilo Gateway.
On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index it scores 13.4, which places it at number 34 among the 43 models I track with independent scores.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.51 / $4.25 per 1M
- Context
- 1M
- Max output
- 66K
- Released
- Dec 1, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Amazon Nova 2 Lite pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.51 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $4.25 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.255 / 1M tokens | 50% off input |
Amazon Nova 2 Lite providers
3 providers serve it, including Kilo Gateway, NanoGPT and Nova. The lowest input price is $0.30 per million tokens at Kilo Gateway. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilo Gateway | $0.30 | $2.50 | – | 1M | 66K |
| NanoGPT | $0.51 | $4.25 | $0.255 | 1M | 66K |
| Nova | n/a | n/a | – | 1M | 64K |
What Amazon Nova 2 Lite costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Independent benchmarks
Measured by third parties, not reported by Amazon. Each links to its source and shows the date I checked it.
A composite of 10 independent evaluations (agents 30%, coding 20%, scientific reasoning 20%, general 30%), run by Artificial Analysis on each model, version 4.3.2.
Artificial Analysis, checked Oct 10, 2026
Human preference: people compare two anonymous answers and pick the better one. Ratings from the Text Arena overall board, style control on.
Arena (formerly LMArena), checked Oct 10, 2026
Median output tokens per second measured by Artificial Analysis on the provider API, for the same model setting as its index score.
Artificial Analysis, checked Oct 10, 2026
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call Amazon Nova 2 Lite through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Tools
tools - Temperature
temperature
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Amazon Nova 2 Lite questions
How much does the Amazon Nova 2 Lite API cost?
$0.51 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.255. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Amazon Nova 2 Lite?
1,000,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 65,535 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Amazon Nova 2 Lite?
3 providers serve it, including Kilo Gateway, NanoGPT and Nova. The lowest input price is $0.30 per million tokens at Kilo Gateway. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Does Amazon Nova 2 Lite support tool calling?
Yes. It accepts tool definitions, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.
Is Amazon Nova 2 Lite open source?
No. Amazon serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was Amazon Nova 2 Lite released?
Dec 1, 2025.
How good is Amazon Nova 2 Lite compared with other models?
It scores 13.4 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and 1335 on the Arena text leaderboard. Benchmarks are a shortlist, not a verdict: test the top two or three candidates on your own tasks before you commit.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. Independent scores from my hand checked rankings, sources linked above. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Amazon Nova 2 Lite?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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