Intelligence
18 scoreAmazon · Flagships Analysis
Nova 2.0 Lite (high)
Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Canonical slug: nova-2-0-lite-reasoning · Canonical model registry at build time
Speed
158.0 output tokens/secLatency
23.79s TTFTInput Price
$0.30 / 1M tokensOutput Price
$2.50 / 1M tokensVerbosity
220M Output tokens from Intelligence Index 4 out of 4 units for Verbosity . CompExecutive Assessment
Routing Verdict & Tradeoffs
Ethen Routing Verdict
Capable everyday model
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) scores 18 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 15). Nova 2.0 Lite (high) generates output at 158.0 tokens per second (based on Amazon's API), which is above average compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 99.0 t/s). Nova 2.0 Lite (high) costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.25) and $2.50 per 1M output tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.87), based on Amazon's API.
Good for routine tasks; route complex reasoning and premium workloads to stronger models.
Task Fit Assessment
| Workload | Rating | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Complex reasoning & agentic workflows | viable | Intelligence score 18 handles routine reasoning but may struggle with open-ended agentic tasks. |
| High-volume chat & customer-facing | optimal | Output speed 158.0 tokens/sec and capable intelligence make this suitable for real-time chat at scale. |
| Latency-sensitive applications | viable | TTFT 23.79s — latency may be noticeable in interactive use. |
| Cost-sensitive pipelines | viable | Output pricing at $2.50 is premium. Route high-volume simple tasks to cheaper alternatives. |
Cost Pressure Analysis
Medium
Pricing is moderate — input $0.30, output $2.50. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.
Technical Specifications
Architecture and Limits
| Specification | Value | Validation Authority |
|---|---|---|
| Model type | Proprietary | inferred |
| Reasoning | Yes | faq |
| Input modalities | Nova 2.0 Lite (high) supports text and image input. | faq |
| Output modalities | Nova 2.0 Lite (high) supports text output. | faq |
| Context window | Nova 2.0 Lite (high) has a context window of 1.0M tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request. | faq |
| Open weights / source | No, Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available. | faq |
| Parameters | Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is a proprietary model and Amazon has not disclosed the model size or parameter count. | faq |
| API availability | Yes, Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is available via API through 2 providers. | faq |
Evidence charts
Profile visualizations
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AA-Omniscience Index
AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Output Speed
Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Speed should be read together with latency and cost; fast output does not always mean better user-perceived performance.
Speed
Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Speed should be read together with latency and cost; fast output does not always mean better user-perceived performance.
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
Latency: Time To First Answer Token
Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Latency includes thinking / reasoning time when applicable. Lower is better for interactive use cases.
Context Window
Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Larger context windows enable complex multi-turn tasks but may increase latency and cost for long inputs.
Cost per Intelligence Index Task
Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Ethen Gateway should route away from this model when the task is simple, repetitive, or likely to generate many output tokens.
Cost per Task
Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Ethen Gateway should route away from this model when the task is simple, repetitive, or likely to generate many output tokens.
Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Ethen Gateway should route away from this model when the task is simple, repetitive, or likely to generate many output tokens.
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Bars intentionally show many models at once so the page feels like a benchmark report rather than a dashboard.
Time per Intelligence Index Task
Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Output Tokens per Intelligence Index Task
Weighted average number of output tokens used to run one task in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis
Retrieved 2026-07-08
Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.
- Source:
- Published benchmark dataset
- Retrieval date:
- 2026-07-08
- Methodology:
- Independent test run by Artificial Analysis on dedicated hardware.
Higher values indicate stronger overall capability. Bars show how models compare on composite intelligence metrics.
Methodology
Methodology & Provenance
This page is rendered from the normalized profile and page JSON for Nova 2.0 Lite (high).
Benchmark values are preserved as normalized; only layout, disclosure ordering, and typography are adjusted for readability.
Frequently Asked Questions
Model FAQs & Technical Disclosures
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) was released on October 29, 2025.
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) was created by Amazon.
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) scores 18 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 15).
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) generates output at 158.0 tokens per second (based on Amazon's API), which is above average compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 99.0 t/s).
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) has a time to first token (TTFT) of 23.79s (based on Amazon's API), which is at the higher end compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 1.96s).
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.25) and $2.50 per 1M output tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.87), based on Amazon's API.
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $2.50 per 1M output tokens (based on Amazon's API). For a blended rate (7:2:1 cache hit/input/output ratio), this is $0.52 per 1M tokens. Pricing may vary by provider.
When evaluated on the Intelligence Index, Nova 2.0 Lite (high) generated 220M output tokens, which is at the higher end compared to other reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 55M).
Yes, Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is a reasoning model. It uses extended thinking or chain-of-thought reasoning to work through complex problems before providing an answer.
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) supports text and image input.
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) supports text output.
Yes, Nova 2.0 Lite (high) supports image input and can analyze, describe, and answer questions about images.
Yes, Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is multimodal. It can process text and image input and generate text output.
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) has a context window of 1.0M tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
No, Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is a proprietary model and Amazon has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) achieves a score of 18 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. This composite benchmark evaluates models across reasoning, knowledge, mathematics, and coding.
Yes, Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is available via API through 2 providers.
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is available through 2 API providers.