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Amazon Nova 2 Lite vs SWE-1.6

Amazon against Cognition, compared on context, price, and attributed benchmark results.

Amazon Nova 2 Lite: profile checked October 25, 2026SWE-1.6: profile checked October 25, 2026Individual provider fields may changeEvidence confidence: Insufficient data — see receipts below

Amazon

Amazon Nova 2 Lite

Balanced

vs

Cognition

SWE-1.6

Balanced

AI model capability comparison
SpecificationAmazon Nova 2 LiteSWE-1.6
ProviderAmazonCognition
TierBalancedBalanced
Context window1MNot verifiedUnverified
Max outputNot verifiedUnverifiedNot verifiedUnverified
Input / 1M tokens$0.30Not verifiedUnverified
Output / 1M tokens$2.50Not verifiedUnverified
WeightsClosedNot verifiedUnverified
ParametersNot verifiedUnverifiedNot verifiedUnverified
Reasoning levelslow, medium, highNot verifiedUnverified
Modalitiestext, image, videotext
API model idamazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0Not verifiedUnverified
ReleasedDecember 2, 2025April 7, 2026

Dates beside benchmark scores refer to the linked source’s publication or capture date unless that source explicitly states when it measured the result. A shared URL alone does not establish comparable runs; unverified setups are marked. Prices are USD per million tokens at standard rates, excluding batch and caching discounts. Values we could not confirm from the provider are shown as “Not verified” rather than estimated.

Pricing tiers

Amazon Nova 2 Lite: 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 and writes $0. Global Flex/Batch $0.15/$1.25; regional $0.165/$1.375. Global Flex cache reads $0.0375; regional $0.04125. Global Priority $0.525/$4.375, cached $0.13125; regional $0.5775/$4.8125, cached $0.144375. Grounding is separately $0.03/request. Complete native offer published October 16, 2026; these token meters take effect October 1 and bill per 1K tokens, converted here to per million. Customization, provisioned capacity and account-specific routing remain separate.

SWE-1.6: Literal Devin billing rows for SWE-1.6 list USD/MTok input/output/cache $0.50/$2.50/$0.20 and zero cache-write cost for self-serve and Enterprise (ACUs). The April launch’s three-month free offer is historical, not a current free-rate guarantee. These in-product values do not establish a generic direct inference API tariff or account entitlement.

BalancedRecord checked October 25, 2026

Amazon Nova 2 Lite

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

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.

BalancedRecord checked October 25, 2026

SWE-1.6

A previous-generation software-engineering agent model, introduced with an emphasis on interactive model behaviour.

Best for

  • Comparing an enabled previous-generation Devin agent

Watch out

Exact context/output caps, stable generic inference API ID, downloadable weights/licence and final model-specific numeric parameter count remain unverified. Authenticated List Models returns account menu UIDs, prices and allowlists; its placeholder examples are not live observations or inference endpoints. Product billing, quota, legacy credits and ACUs must not be conflated. The April7 general-availability announcement and its up-to-950-TPS claim are historical; current account selection and backend performance require their own evidence. No sibling score or free launch promotion is inherited.

When the cheaper one wins

One of these rows is missing a verified output price, so this page will not name a cheaper winner. Run the model picker against the actual job instead of guessing.

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Evidence confidence: Insufficient data

How strong and complete the evidence behind this comparison is — not a prediction of which model is better. Hard limitations apply: missing pricing; evidence too sparse.

  • Pricing incomplete — No verified token pricing for SWE-1.6.
  • 1/5 core specs verified on both sides — Not published for at least one side: context window, max output, parameter count, reasoning levels.
  • No directly aligned benchmark setup — No benchmark has matching cited sources, source dates, units, effort and recorded run details on both models.
  • Verified within the last 90 days — Older of the two catalog checks was 1 day ago.
  • Both models carry source citations — Each side has at least two catalog sources on record.

Source receipts

Each catalog figure was checked against the provider or an independent second source on the date shown.

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Common questions

Amazon Nova 2 Lite vs SWE-1.6

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

Should I use Amazon Nova 2 Lite or SWE-1.6?
Both are classified in our balanced tier; this editorial grouping does not imply equal capability. Amazon Nova 2 Lite is a candidate for document processing; SWE-1.6 is a candidate for comparing an enabled previous-generation devin agent. Compare accuracy, tool reliability, latency and cost on representative tasks.

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Choosing between them

The verified figures that separate this pair, computed from the catalog rather than restated boilerplate.

These two models match on every verified catalog figure — the decision comes down to provider preference, availability, and workload fit rather than published numbers.

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