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 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B Instruct is an open-weight multimodal model that unifies strong text generation with visual understanding across images and video. The Instruct model targets general vision-language use (VQA, document parsing, chart/table…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct | 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 | $0.20 | 🏆 Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.24 | $0.88 | 🏆 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 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
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 Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct?
Input: $0.06 vs $0.20 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.24 vs $0.88 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct support?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 supports up to 300K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct support tool calling?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct: yes.