Nova Lite
Amazon's fast, low-cost multimodal model — handles image and video understanding at near-micro pricing.
Pricing
Input$0.06 / 1M checked Jul 19, 2026
Output$0.24 / 1M checked Jul 19, 2026
Cost bandBudget
Free tierBedrock free tier for development.
Limits
Context window300k checked Jul 19, 2026
Max output5,120
Knowledge cutoffMar 2024
DeploymentAmazon Bedrock
OpenAI-compatible APINo
ModalitiesText, Image input, Video input
Where it fits
Best forHigh-volume AWS workloads that need image or video understanding without Nova Pro's cost.
Business fitBest value multimodal model in the Bedrock lineup.
Capabilities
VisionVideo understandingFunction calling
Benchmark scores
Composite61 / 100
Coding58 / 100 (HumanEval (vendor))
Reasoning60 / 100 (MMLU-Pro (vendor))
Long context66 / 100 (RULER (vendor))
Vision64 / 100 (MMMU (vendor))
Instruction following64 / 100 (IFEval (vendor))
Editorial aggregate of published benchmark results as of Jan 1, 2025. These are not independent measurements run by this site.
Change history
No recorded changes for this model yet. Pricing and context are checked daily; changes appear here with dates and sources.
Data
Last checkedJul 19, 2026
Cross-checked againstopenrouter.ai/amazon/nova-lite-v1
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