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 can handle real-time customer interactions, document analysis, a…
Model details →Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 vs Meta: Llama 4 Scout
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Llama 4 Scout 17B Instruct (16E) is a mixture-of-experts (MoE) language model developed by Meta, activating 17 billion parameters out of a total of 109B. It supports native multimodal input (text and image) and multilingual output (text and…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 | Meta: Llama 4 Scout | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 300K | 328K | 🏆 Meta: Llama 4 Scout |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.06 | $0.08 | 🏆 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. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 better than Meta: Llama 4 Scout?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 wins on 2 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 Meta: Llama 4 Scout?
Input: $0.06 vs $0.08 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.24 vs $0.30 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 and Meta: Llama 4 Scout support?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 supports up to 300K tokens. Meta: Llama 4 Scout supports up to 328K tokens.
Do both Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 and Meta: Llama 4 Scout support tool calling?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0: yes. Meta: Llama 4 Scout: yes.