Nova 2.0 Lite

Oct 2025
Nova 2.0 Lite
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$0.30 / $2.50per 1M in / out?
181 tok/sfirst token in 10 s?
1Mcontext

Rankingat low effort?

Full ranking →
1Grok 4.383.32MiniMax M382.93Nemotron 3 Ultra81.44Qwen3.7 Max80.55Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B80.4
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80Apriel v1.5 15B Thinker61.781Nova 2.0 Lite61.282GLM 5V Turbo61.1

Strong at

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Tool calling#90 of 242Instructions#81 of 245
C
Agents & work tasks#146 of 177Reasoning#308 of 336Science#184 of 312Long context#170 of 314Knowledge#234 of 320Vision#100 of 125

Benchmarks

in Chat & Knowledge
AA Intelligence Index 4.3.2≈11.8#186
AA Omniscience Index-54.1#235
AA Omniscience · Accuracy17.7#193
AA Omniscience · Hallucination Rate87.1#226
Humanity's Last Exam4#311
GPQA Diamond69.8#186
AA-LCR (long context) 1.154.3#171
IFBench (instructions)61.2#81
CritPt (physics)0#181
AIME 2025 · AA archived46.7#90

FAQ

How much does Nova 2.0 Lite cost?›

$0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens (cheapest host: AWS Bedrock).

Is Nova 2.0 Lite free to use?›

There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.30 per 1M input tokens.

How good is Nova 2.0 Lite, and what is it best at?›

#308 of 336 in Chat & Knowledge, #170 of 239 in Coding, #146 of 177 in Agents & Tool Use, #81 of 245 in Writing & Language, #100 of 125 in Vision & Documents.

Is Nova 2.0 Lite better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?›

On IFBench (instructions), Nova 2.0 Lite scores 70.7 vs 71.1 — about the same.

How can I use Nova 2.0 Lite?›

Through the API of AWS Bedrock.

What is the context window of Nova 2.0 Lite?›

1M tokens.

When was Nova 2.0 Lite released? Is there a newer version?›

Released 2025-10-29. It is the current version in its line.

Is Nova 2.0 Lite open source?›

No, Nova 2.0 Lite is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is MiniMax M3.

Can Nova 2.0 Lite read images?›

It accepts text and images, PDF files, video as input.

What is Nova 2.0 Lite?›

Nova 2.0 Lite is a closed language model from Amazon, released Oct 2025.

What are the best alternatives to Nova 2.0 Lite?›

MiniMax M3 (cheaper), GPT OSS 20B (better).