Amazon: Nova 2 Lite✓ Catalog verified
Nova 2 Lite is a fast, cost-effective reasoning model for everyday workloads that can process text, images, and videos to generate text. Nova 2 Lite demonstrates standout capabilities in processing documents, extracting information from videos, generating code, providing accurate grounded answers, and automating multi-step agentic workflows.
Overview
Nova 2 Lite is a fast, cost-effective reasoning model for everyday workloads that can process text, images, and videos to generate text. Nova 2 Lite demonstrates standout capabilities in processing documents, extracting information from videos, generating code, providing accurate grounded answers, and automating multi-step agentic workflows.
Access: available through the official Amazon API. Context window: 1M.
Specifications
| API identifier | amazon/nova-2-lite-v1 |
| Provider | Amazon |
| Model type | Multimodal LLM |
| Context window | 1M catalog |
| Input modalities | text · image · video · file |
| Output modalities | text |
| Released | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Tokenizer | Nova |
| Moderated | Yes |
| Architecture modality | text+image+file+video->text |
API defaults
{
"top_p": null,
"temperature": null,
"frequency_penalty": null
}Pricing
Live pricing components for amazon/nova-2-lite-v1 as published in the catalog.
| Pricing component | Raw unit price | Normalized | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt tokens | $3e-7 | $0.30 / 1M | Per input token |
| Completion tokens | $0.0000025 | $2.50 / 1M | Per output token |
| Request fee | N/A | N/A | Per request |
| Image fee | N/A | N/A | Per image unit |
| Web search fee | N/A | N/A | Per search request |
Cost calculator
Estimate monthly spend from your own token volumes.
Estimated Total Cost
$0.65Calculated from current list pricing in the ModelsAtlas catalog.Capabilities
| Capability | Status | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Understanding | ✓ Supported | Image and document analysis support |
| Audio Processing | Not advertised | Speech and voice aligned flows |
| Tool Calling | ✓ Supported | Supports tools / function calling |
| Self-Hosting | Not advertised | Deploy outside managed APIs |
Capability signals
Directional signals derived from model metadata and capability tags — not official benchmark submissions.
Quick start
Call Amazon: Nova 2 Lite through an OpenAI-compatible client.
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="amazon/nova-2-lite-v1",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain quantum physics."}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Alternatives
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Sources & attribution
Pricing and metadata are maintained in the ModelsAtlas catalog.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Amazon: Nova 2 Lite cost?
$0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens on the official Amazon API.
What is the context window of Amazon: Nova 2 Lite?
Amazon: Nova 2 Lite supports up to 1M tokens of context.
Does Amazon: Nova 2 Lite support tool / function calling?
Yes, Amazon: Nova 2 Lite supports tool / function calling — you can register tools and the model will emit structured tool calls.
How do I access Amazon: Nova 2 Lite?
Use the official Amazon API with the model id `amazon/nova-2-lite-v1`. See the Quick start section above for code examples.