Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0
Analysis Summary
Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 is a lightweight multimodal model built for economical automation. It supports text and image input, tool use, and function calling, with a 300K context window that is unusually large for its price tier. The listed input and output rates make it well suited to workloads where request volume matters more than maximum response depth.
Potential uses include SEO classification, metadata generation, image-aware extraction, document routing, and routine customer operations. The measured results indicate limited reasoning, coding, long-context reliability, and terminal performance, so it should not lead complex research, software engineering, or autonomous decision workflows. Use it as a volume layer alongside a stronger model for escalation. Its combination of context capacity, multimodality, and low cost makes it a practical choice for repetitive tasks with clear evaluation criteria.
Assessed August 9, 2026
Editorial notes
Nova Lite offers vision, function calling, a 300K context window, and very low pricing for high-volume automation, while its measured reasoning and coding performance limits use in demanding analytical workflows.
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DFO Verdict
Nova Lite offers vision, function calling, a 300K context window, and very low pricing for high-volume automation, while its measured reasoning and coding performance limits use in demanding analytical workflows.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
6.7 Intelligence Index·7 Math Index
How Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 compares
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 ranks #332 of 428 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Its 300K-token context window is larger than 73% of the models we list. At $0.06 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 74% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Strongest on value. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.06 | $0.000060 |
| Output | $0.24 | $0.000240 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Frequently asked questions about Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0
How much does Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 cost?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 has a context window of 300,000 tokens (300K).
What can Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 do?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0?
Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 is developed by Amazon and was released on December 5, 2024.