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Amazon Nova Lite

Low-cost Amazon Nova with multimodal input for high-volume workloads.

Pricing

Model Overview

Tracked token-pricing fields for this model family. Empty pricing fields stay hidden until the source publishes them.

Surface

Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.

Model capabilities
Attribute	Values
Modalities	textimagevideo to text
Capabilities	imageInputbatchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
Strengths	Very cheap multimodal, 300K context
Tradeoffs	Bedrock-only, Lower quality than Pro

References

Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.

Official model links
Reference	URL
Intro	https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/12/amazon-nova-models-bedrock/
Docs	https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/nova.html
Pricing	https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/
Release note	https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-nova-models/

Coverage

Reported benchmark families, versions, scores, sources, and notes.

Benchmark coverage
Benchmark	Version	Score	Date	Source	Notes

Lifecycle

Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.

Release history
Release	Alias	Lifecycle	Release Date	Deprecation	Shutdown	Summary
Amazon Nova Lite	nova-lite	Active	Dec 3, 2024	—	—	Current published model family snapshot.

Surfaces

Provider-specific hosting, context, pricing notes, feature differences, and provider-status context.

Host coverage
Host	Type	Context	Pricing Note	Differences
AWS Bedrock	first-party	300.0K	$0.06/$0.24 per MTok.	—

Migration

Documented migration summary, successor families, and known breaking changes.

Migration guidance
Topic	Details
Summary	Cost-down path within Nova family.
Replacement models	nova-pro

Timeline

Cataloged model-family updates and source references.

Change events
Date	Type	Title	Description	Source
Dec 3, 2024	family_added	Amazon Nova Lite published	Initial public model family launch.	Amazon Nova Lite release notes

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