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Amazon Nova Lite
First-generation Amazon Nova multimodal model with text, image, video and document input, a 300K-token context window and up to 10K output tokens; priced at 0.06/0.24 USD per 1M input/output tokens on Amazon Bedrock.
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Key specs
- Provider
- Amazon
- Family
- Amazon Nova
- API identifier
- amazon.nova-lite-v1:0
- Availability
- Available
- Release date
- 2024-12-03
- License
- Proprietary
- Context window
- 300,000 tokens
- Max output
- 10,000 tokens
- Knowledge cutoff
- October 2024
- API access
- Yes
- Consumer app
- Unknown
Capabilities
Inputs
- Text input Yes
- Image input Yes
- Audio input No
- Video input Yes
- File input Yes PDF, CSV, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, HTML, TXT, MD
Outputs
- Text output Yes
- Image output No
- Audio output No
Features
- Reasoning Unknown
- Tool calling Yes Client-side tool calling
- Web search Unknown
"Unknown" means we have not verified this capability yet; it does not mean the model lacks it.
Pricing
Estimate your monthly cost →| Dimension | Tier | Price | Since | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input tokens | base | $0.06 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Amazon Bedrock Pricing US East (N. Virginia), on-demand list price; Standard tier, Geo cross-Region and in-Region inference. |
| Cached input tokens | base | $0.015 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Amazon Bedrock Pricing US East (N. Virginia), on-demand list price; cache read is 75% less than the on-demand input price (pricing page; 0.015 also listed explicitly). |
| Output tokens | base | $0.24 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Amazon Bedrock Pricing US East (N. Virginia), on-demand list price; Standard tier, Geo cross-Region and in-Region inference. |
| Batch input tokens | base | $0.03 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Amazon Bedrock Pricing US East (N. Virginia), on-demand list price; Batch price as listed on the pricing page (50% of on-demand). |
| Batch output tokens | base | $0.12 per 1M tokens | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-25 | Amazon Bedrock Pricing US East (N. Virginia), on-demand list price; Batch price as listed on the pricing page (50% of on-demand). |
Prices are shown in the currency the provider publishes; we never convert currencies.
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Setting | Score | Reported by | Measured | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam accuracy %, higher is better | full set (2,500 questions); Scale Labs harness, o3-mini judge; tools not stated | 3.64 % | Third party | — | 2026-10-12 | Humanity's Last Exam leaderboard (Scale Labs) |
| Text Arena Arena score, higher is better | Overall; style control on (default view) | 1,260 | Third party | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-12 | Text Arena leaderboard (Arena) |
Results differ a lot by setting: with tools versus without tools (Anthropic reports 45.9% without tools and 57.4% with tools for Claude Haiku 5.5), and the full set versus the text-only subset. Providers use different judge models and harnesses (Scale uses o3-mini; Alibaba states GPT-4o). Derived sets such as HLE-Verified (a third-party revision with 1,811 scored items), HLE-Rolling and HLE-Diamond are different item sets and are not comparable. The questions are public, so contamination is possible, and community reviews have reported flawed items.
Scores measure voter preference, which can be influenced by answer style and length. The leaderboard offers a style-control adjustment, so record which view was used. Scores shift with every update, so a value is only meaningful together with its leaderboard date. Entries marked "Preliminary" or with few votes have wide confidence intervals. The same model can appear several times with different reasoning-effort suffixes (for example -high or -max). Category views (Coding, Math, Creative Writing and others) are different rankings from Overall.
One row per result, without rank numbers: each result was measured under its own setting (effort level, harness, tools, test version), as stated by the source, and scores compare only within the same setting. Self-reported results come from the provider and have not been reproduced independently.
Rankings
- #35 of 42 in Best AI API as of 2026-10-26
Derived from our published ranking snapshots; each ranking explains its criteria and weights.
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Guides
About Amazon Nova Lite
Nova Lite is a multimodal model of the first Amazon Nova generation (model ID amazon.nova-lite-v1:0), announced as available in Amazon Bedrock on December 3, 2024; AWS describes it as its low-cost multimodal model. It processes text, image, video and document input and generates text, with a 300K-token context window, 10K max output tokens and an October 2024 knowledge cutoff according to the Bedrock model card. The model card lists it as Active, with client-side tool calling, guardrails and prompt caching on the Standard service tier.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- 300K-token context window
- Text, image, video and document input
- Client-side tool calling and explicit prompt caching
- List price of 0.06/0.24 USD per 1M input/output tokens; batch inference at half the on-demand price
Weaknesses
- Max output of 10K tokens and knowledge cutoff of October 2024
- Only the Standard service tier is supported (no Priority or Flex)
- Structured outputs are not supported according to the Bedrock model card
Sources
- Nova Lite - Amazon Bedrock
- Announcing Amazon Nova foundation models available today in Amazon Bedrock - AWS
- What is Amazon Nova? - Amazon Nova
- Amazon Bedrock Pricing
- Amazon Nova Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier - AWS AI Service Cards
- Humanity's Last Exam leaderboard (Scale Labs)
- Text Arena leaderboard (Arena)
Last verified Page updated 2026-10-26