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Amazon Nova 2 Lite

Amazon Nova 2 Lite is a Amazon model with 1M context, $0.30 in / $2.50 out per million tokens, last verified October 2, 2026. Open weights: no. Public-board scores are linked to the publisher; vendor-only figures stay in the watch-out, not on the board.

Amazon’s hosted Nova 2 Lite reasoning model for everyday business workflows, with a 1M-token context window.

Recorded profile verification October 2, 2026Individual provider fields may changeAccess: ga — Launched December 2, 2025; the current Bedrock card marks the model Active. Route support and quotas remain account specific.

AI model specification details
SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 Lite
ProviderAmazon
TierBalanced
Context window1M
Max outputNot verifiedUnverified
Input / 1M tokens$0.30
Output / 1M tokens$2.50
WeightsClosed
ParametersNot verifiedUnverified
Reasoning levelslow, medium, high
Modalitiestext, image, video
API model idamazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025

Pricing tiers: Bedrock Global Standard $0.30/$2.50 per MTok, cached input $0.075 and cache writes $0. Single-region $0.33/$2.75, cached $0.0825. Global Flex/Batch $0.15/$1.25; Global Priority $0.525/$4.375, cached $0.13125. Grounding costs $0.03 per request separately. Snapshot: September 30, 2026 native offer file; regional routes, service tiers and customization have separate meters.

Best for

  • Document processing
  • Business automation
  • Bedrock integrations

Watch out

Extended thinking is optional and off by default. Low/medium/high controls apply when enabled; high forbids maxTokens, temperature and topP overrides. The model card advertises 64K output, but the high-thinking guide describes outputs exceeding 65K and sometimes reaching 128K, so no universal hard output cap is asserted. Reasoning tokens are billed as output. Use the route-specific US/EU/JP/global ID supported by your account; documents are inputs and text is generated.

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Common questions

Amazon Nova 2 Lite

Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.

How much does Amazon Nova 2 Lite cost per million tokens?
Amazon Nova 2 Lite lists base rates of $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens. Estimate both input and output token volume and any additional charges for your workload. Bedrock Global Standard $0.30/$2.50 per MTok, cached input $0.075 and cache writes $0. Single-region $0.33/$2.75, cached $0.0825. Global Flex/Batch $0.15/$1.25; Global Priority $0.525/$4.375, cached $0.13125. Grounding costs $0.03 per request separately. Snapshot: September 30, 2026 native offer file; regional routes, service tiers and customization have separate meters.
What is Amazon Nova 2 Lite's context window?
Amazon Nova 2 Lite accepts about 1M tokens of context. That only matters if you routinely send very long documents, large codebases, or multi-turn histories that approach that limit.
What is Amazon Nova 2 Lite best for?
Amazon Nova 2 Lite is a balanced tier from Amazon. It suits document processing, business automation, bedrock integrations. Extended thinking is optional and off by default. Low/medium/high controls apply when enabled; high forbids maxTokens, temperature and topP overrides. The model card advertises 64K output, but the high-thinking guide describes outputs exceeding 65K and sometimes reaching 128K, so no universal hard output cap is asserted. Reasoning tokens are billed as output. Use the route-specific US/EU/JP/global ID supported by your account; documents are inputs and text is generated.
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