Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)
Analysis Summary
Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) delivers strong performance on math and instruction-following benchmarks relative to its size, with agentic scores that suggest reasonable tool-use reliability.
Businesses could deploy it for structured content generation, simple workflow automation, or internal reporting, though it is not built for advanced coding or deep reasoning tasks.
Its pricing keeps total cost of ownership low for scaled, repetitive use cases.
Assessed July 29, 2026
Editorial notes
Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) balances solid math and instruction-following scores with decent agentic reliability at an affordable price point from Amazon.
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DFO Verdict
Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) balances solid math and instruction-following scores with decent agentic reliability at an affordable price point from Amazon.
Benchmark scores
Magenta = intelligence · Ink = technical/agentic · Cyan = content & long-context · Grey = community benchmarks. Data: Artificial Analysis, Hugging Face.
19 Intelligence Index·88.7 Math Index
How Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) compares
Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) ranks #160 of 401 AI models we track for overall intelligence. At $0.30 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 47% 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 intelligence corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
Compare shapes side-by-side →Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.30 | $0.000300 |
| Output | $2.50 | $0.002500 |
What would Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) cost your business?
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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These numbers get smaller with the right architecture.
We route routine calls to cheap models and save Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) for the hard ones. Most clients cut their estimate by 60-80%.
Talk to our teamFrequently asked questions about Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)
How much does Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) cost?
Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens.
Who created Nova 2.0 Lite (medium)?
Nova 2.0 Lite (medium) is developed by Amazon and was released on October 29, 2025.
