Nova Lite: pricing, context window and benchmarks
Nova Lite is a mid-range model from Amazon. It offers a 65,536-token context window, costs $9.20 per million input tokens and $41.96 per million output tokens, and averages 73.4 across the index's benchmark suite.
Pricing
Nova Lite costs $9.20 per million input tokens and $41.96 per million output tokens. A blended 3:1 input-to-output mix works out to about $17.39 per million tokens. Cached input is listed at $1.37 per million tokens.
| Item | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $9.20 | per 1M tokens |
| Output | $41.96 | per 1M tokens |
| Cached input | $1.37 | per 1M tokens |
| Blended 3:1 | $17.39 | estimate per 1M tokens |
| 1M in + 1M out | $51.16 | estimate |
Benchmarks
Scores below are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale. Use them to compare relative position, not as official vendor results.
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.2 | 239 | 60th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 66.7 | 336 | 44th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 60.9 | 306 | 49th | |
| HumanEval | 78.1 | 287 | 52th | |
| MATH-500 | 78.7 | 245 | 59th | |
| AIME 2025 | 66.8 | 317 | 47th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 64.8 | 299 | 50th | |
| IFEval | 80.9 | 312 | 48th | |
| TruthfulQA | 77.2 | 277 | 54th | |
| HellaSwag | 82.7 | 330 | 45th | |
| MMMU | 72.3 | 235 | 61th | |
| Arena Elo | 1371.7 | 311 | 48th |
What Nova Lite is good for
Nova Lite is a general-purpose model in the index. It handles text generation, summarization and question answering, and it can be a sensible default when you need a balance of quality, price and context. At $9.20 per million input tokens with a 65,536-token window, check its benchmark profile against the specific task before committing.
Strengths
- Accepts more than text, including image input where the provider supports it.
Trade-offs
- Proprietary licence: you cannot download the weights or self-host the model.
- Premium input pricing at $9.20 per million tokens.
How it compares
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-5.2 Nano | OpenAI | 128000 | $9.73 | 73.5 |
| Yi-Large | 01.AI | 32768 | $3.40 | 73.5 |
| Yi-Large Chat | 01.AI | 65536 | $3.49 | 73.5 |
| Nova Lite | Amazon | 65536 | $9.20 | 73.4 |
| Nova Lite Max | Amazon | 200000 | $9.79 | 73.4 |
| Yi-Large Instruct | 01.AI | 32768 | $3.48 | 73.4 |
FAQ
How much does Nova Lite cost?
Nova Lite is listed at $9.20 per million input tokens and $41.96 per million output tokens. Cached input is $1.37 per million tokens. A blended 3:1 input-to-output mix is about $17.39 per million tokens.
What is the context window of Nova Lite?
Nova Lite has a context window of 65,536 tokens and can emit up to 32,768 output tokens per request in this index.
Is Nova Lite open weights?
No. Nova Lite is a proprietary model with a proprietary licence, so you cannot download the weights.
How does Nova Lite score on benchmarks?
Nova Lite averages 73.4 across the scored benchmarks in this index, ranking #289 of 600 models. Its strongest relative result is Arena Elo at 1371.7.
What is Nova Lite best for?
Nova Lite is a general-purpose model in the index. It handles text generation, summarization and question answering, and it can be a sensible default when you need a balance of quality, price and context. At $9.20 per million input tokens with a 65,536-token window, check its benchmark profile against the specific task before committing.