Nova 2.0 Lite (low)
Analysis Summary
Nova 2.0 Lite (low) is Amazon's low-compute Nova 2.0 Lite variant, with an intelligence index of 17.8 and an agentic index of 37.9. Its livecodebench of 46.9% and math index of 46.7 are lower than the medium and high variants, and IFBench of 61.2% and LCR of 52.0% reflect adequate but not strong instruction following. Tau2 of 71.9% suggests reasonable multi-step task completion for simpler workflows.
For businesses, this variant is best suited to lighter structured automation, content drafting, and straightforward instruction-following tasks where cost is a primary concern. Its coding index of 23.0 and terminal bench score of 3.8% limit its usefulness for coding-intensive or complex agentic pipelines.
At $0.30 input and $2.50 output per million tokens, the pricing is identical across all Nova 2.0 Lite variants, which means the medium variant offers meaningfully better capability at the same cost. Teams should default to the medium or high variants unless there is a specific reason to use the low-compute option.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
Nova 2.0 Lite (low) from Amazon provides moderate agentic capability and instruction following at a $0.30 input price, best suited to lighter structured automation and content tasks.
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Performance Profile
How Nova 2.0 Lite (low) compares
Nova 2.0 Lite (low) ranks #156 of 385 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #121 of 293 for agentic tasks. At $0.30 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 44% of comparable models.
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| Provider | Amazon |
| Release Date | October 29, 2025 |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 | $0.000300 |
| Output | $2.50 | $0.002500 |
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Frequently asked questions about Nova 2.0 Lite (low)
How much does Nova 2.0 Lite (low) cost?
Nova 2.0 Lite (low) costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens.
Who created Nova 2.0 Lite (low)?
Nova 2.0 Lite (low) is developed by Amazon and was released on October 29, 2025.
