Nova 2 Lite vs Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite
63.9 overall · $0.850 / 1M
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Nova 2 Lite
amazon/nova-2-lite-v1
reasoningtool callingimage inputvideo inputfile input
Nova 2 Lite costs $0.300 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens with a 1M-token context window.
A reasoning, tool-calling model from amazon, released Dec 2, 2025. LiveBench hasn't published a run for it, so this page carries measured price and specs only — no benchmark numbers.
- Input / 1M
- $0.300
- Output / 1M
- $2.50
- Context
- 1M
- LiveBench overall
- Not evaluated
Specs and pricing
| Input price USD per 1M prompt tokens | $0.300 |
|---|---|
| Output price USD per 1M completion tokens, reasoning included | $2.50 |
| Blended price 3:1 input:output — #153 most expensive of 343 listed models | $0.850 |
| Cached input read Blank means not priced separately — not free | — |
| Cache write | — |
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 65,535 tokens |
| Input modalities | text, image, video, file |
| Tool calling | Yes |
| Extended reasoning | Yes |
| Knowledge cutoff | — |
| Listed | Dec 2, 2025 |
What Nova 2 Lite costs to run
Monthly list cost across five workload shapes, using the published cached-input rate where there is one. A floor, not a quote — batch discounts and cache writes aren't included.
| Workload | Per month |
|---|---|
| Support chatbot 1.2K in / 400 out × 200K requests | $272.00/mo |
| RAG assistant 8K in / 600 out × 100K requests | $390.00/mo |
| Coding agent 40K in / 4K out × 20K requests | $440.00/mo |
| Document extraction 20K in / 1.5K out × 50K requests | $487.50/mo |
| Bulk classification 500 in / 20 out × 5M requests | $1,000/mo |
Compare Nova 2 Lite with
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Nova 2 Lite FAQ
How much does Nova 2 Lite cost?
Nova 2 Lite lists at $0.300 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens. A RAG assistant handling 100K requests a month (8K tokens in, 600 out) comes to about $390.00 at list price.
What is the context window of Nova 2 Lite?
Nova 2 Lite accepts up to 1,000,000 tokens of context and can return up to 65,535 output tokens per response.
Does Nova 2 Lite support tool calling?
Yes — Nova 2 Lite supports tool (function) calling and exposes extended reasoning. It accepts text, image, video, file input.
How does Nova 2 Lite score on benchmarks?
LiveBench has not published a run for Nova 2 Lite yet. Until it does, compare it on price and specs, or run your own evaluation on your own tasks.
What is the API model ID for Nova 2 Lite?
On OpenRouter the model ID is "amazon/nova-2-lite-v1". It was listed on Dec 2, 2025.
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How these numbers are produced
- Price and specs — provider list data from OpenRouter, refreshed every 15 minutes. “Blended” is a 3:1 input:output mix.
- Scores and ranks — LiveBench release 2026-06-25. Ranks count only models that have a published run; a blank means “not evaluated”, never “bad”.
- Cost per point — the measured dollars LiveBench spent on the run, divided by the score it earned.
Published benchmarks rank models on someone else's tasks. Before committing, see LLM & agent evaluation for building an eval on your own.