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...
Model details →Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 vs Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is an instruction-tuned Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model from Google DeepMind. Despite 25.2B total parameters, only 3.8B activate per token during inference — delivering near-31B quality at...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 | Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 300K | 262K | 🏆 Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.06 | $0.09 | 🏆 Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.24 | $0.30 | 🏆 Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | Yes | 🏆 Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 better than Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 and Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B?
Input: $0.06 vs $0.09 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.24 vs $0.30 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 and Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B support?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 supports up to 300K tokens. Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 and Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B support tool calling?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0: yes. Google: Gemma 4 26B A4B: yes.