Amazon

Amazon Nova Lite

Amazon Nova Lite is a multimodal foundation model developed by Amazon and made available through Amazon Bedrock. It accepts image, video, and text inputs and is designed to process them at low latency and low cost. The model was released in December 2024 as part of the Amazon Nova family, which includes three understanding models — Nova Micro, Nova Lite, and Nova Pro — and two creative content generation models. Nova Lite occupies the middle tier of the Nova understanding lineup, sitting between the text-only Nova Micro and the more capable Nova Pro. It supports a 300,000-token context window, making it suitable for tasks that involve long documents or extended conversations. The model also supports fine-tuning on Amazon Bedrock, allowing developers to adapt it for specific use cases. It is well-suited for applications that require multimodal input processing at scale where cost efficiency and speed are priorities.

Dec 05, 2024 300,000 context 5,000 tokens output
Multimodal Input Large Context Window Low-Latency Responses Video Understanding Fine-Tuning Support Agentic Task Execution

Model Overview

High-signal model metadata in a structured two-column overview table.

Provider

The entity that provides this model.

Amazon

Model ID

The routed model identifier exposed by upstream providers.

amazon/nova-lite-v1

Input Context Window

The number of tokens supported by the input context window.

300,000 tokens

Maximum Output Tokens

The number of tokens that can be generated by the model in a single request.

5,000 tokens tokens

Open Source

Whether the model's code is available for public use.

No

Release Date

When the model was first released.

Dec 05, 2024 1 year ago

Knowledge Cut-off Date

When the model's knowledge was last updated.

2024-10-31

API Providers

The providers that offer this model. This is not an exhaustive list.

Amazon Bedrock

Modalities

Types of data this model can process.

Text Image Video

What is Amazon Nova Lite

A fuller summary of positioning, capabilities, and source-specific details for Amazon Nova Lite.

Amazon Nova Lite is a multimodal foundation model developed by Amazon and made available through Amazon Bedrock. It accepts image, video, and text inputs and is designed to process them at low latency and low cost. The model was released in December 2024 as part of the Amazon Nova family, which includes three understanding models — Nova Micro, Nova Lite, and Nova Pro — and two creative content generation models.

Nova Lite occupies the middle tier of the Nova understanding lineup, sitting between the text-only Nova Micro and the more capable Nova Pro. It supports a 300,000-token context window, making it suitable for tasks that involve long documents or extended conversations. The model also supports fine-tuning on Amazon Bedrock, allowing developers to adapt it for specific use cases. It is well-suited for applications that require multimodal input processing at scale where cost efficiency and speed are priorities.

Capabilities

What Amazon Nova Lite supports

MM

Multimodal Input

Processes image, video, and text inputs within a single request. Enables tasks like visual question answering and document analysis combining text and images.

CTX

Large Context Window

Supports up to 300,000 tokens of context per request. This allows processing of long documents, extended conversations, or multiple media inputs in one call.

AI

Low-Latency Responses

Optimized for fast inference across multimodal inputs. Designed to return responses quickly even when handling image and video alongside text.

VID

Video Understanding

Accepts video as a direct input type for analysis and comprehension tasks. Enables use cases such as video summarization and content extraction.

AI

Fine-Tuning Support

Supports text and vision fine-tuning via Amazon Bedrock. Developers can customize the model to improve accuracy or reduce cost for specific tasks.

AG

Agentic Task Execution

Designed to support agentic workflows and UI actuation. Can be used in multi-step task pipelines that require reasoning and action sequencing.

AI

Cost-Efficient Inference

Priced at the lower end of the Nova model family for multimodal tasks. Intended for high-volume applications where per-token cost is a key constraint.

Pricing for Amazon Nova Lite

Primary API pricing shown in the same “quick compare” spirit as the reference page.

Price Comparison

Additional usage-cost dimensions synced into the project for this model.

maxTemperature 1
maxResponseSize 5,000 tokens

API Access & Providers

Places where this model is available, based on the synced detail-page metadata.

Amazon Bedrock

Provider Endpoints

Endpoint-level provider data currently available for this model.

Amazon Bedrock

Max output: 5,120 1d uptime: 85.5% Supported params: 6 Implicit caching: No

Amazon Bedrock

Max output: 5,120 1d uptime: 99.9% Supported params: 6 Implicit caching: No

Model Performance

Benchmark scores synced from the current model source and normalized into the local catalog.

Benchmark Score
AIME 2024
American math olympiad problems
10.7%
GPQA Diamond
PhD-level science questions (biology, physics, chemistry)
43.3%
HLE
Questions that challenge frontier models across many domains
4.6%
LiveCodeBench
Real-world coding tasks from recent competitions
16.7%
MATH-500
Undergraduate and competition-level math problems
76.5%
MMLU-Pro
Expert knowledge across 14 academic disciplines
59.0%
SciCode
Scientific research coding and numerical methods
13.9%

Resources & Documentation

Official model cards, release notes, docs, and other references synced from the source page.

Community discussion

What people think about Amazon Nova Lite

Amazon Nova Lite discussions are most active in r/LLMDevs, r/BlackboxAI_, r/ClaudeAI. Top Reddit threads cluster around coding workflow discussions. The strongest match in this snapshot has 10 upvotes and 11 comments.

Amazon just launched Nova 2 Lite models on Bedrock.

Now, you can use those models directly with Claude Code, and set automatic preferences on when to invoke the model for specific coding scenarios. Sample config below. This way you can mix/match different models based on coding use cases. Details in the demo folder here: [https://github.com/katanemo/archgw/tree/main/demos/use\_cases/claude\_code\_router](https://github.com/katanemo/archgw/tree/main/demos/use_cases/claude_code_router)

if you think this is useful, then don't forget to the star the project 🙏

# Anthropic Models
- model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5
access_key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
routing_preferences:
- name: code understanding
description: understand and explain existing code snippets, functions, or libraries

- model: amazon_bedrock/us.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0
default: true
access_key: $AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK
base_url: https://bedrock-runtime.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
routing_preferences:
- name: code generation
description: generating new code snippets, functions, or boilerplate based on user prompts or requirements

- model: anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
access_key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

Open Reddit thread
r/BlackboxAI_ 5 upvotes 5 comments December 4, 2025
Problems with Microsoft models

None of the MS models seem to be working for me. I get an error like:

`[API Error: 404 litellm.NotFoundError: NotFoundError: OpenrouterException - {"error":{"message":"No endpoints found that support tool use. To learn more about provider routing, visit:`
`https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/routing/provider-selection","code":404}}. Received Model Group=blackboxai/microsoft/phi-4Available Model Group Fallbacks=None]`

Separately, the amazon/nova-lite-v1 model is s\*\*t... Offers vague recommendations and no specific fix for any code.

Open Reddit thread

Amazon just launched Nova 2 Lite models on Bedrock.

Now, you can use those models directly with Claude Code, and set automatic preferences on when to invoke the model for specific coding scenarios. Sample config below. This way you can mix/match different models based on coding use cases. Details in the demo folder here: [https://github.com/katanemo/archgw/tree/main/demos/use\_cases/claude\_code\_router](https://github.com/katanemo/archgw/tree/main/demos/use_cases/claude_code_router)

# Anthropic Models
- model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5
access_key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
routing_preferences:
- name: code understanding
description: understand and explain existing code snippets, functions, or libraries

- model: amazon_bedrock/us.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0
default: true
access_key: $AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK
base_url: https://bedrock-runtime.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
routing_preferences:
- name: code generation
description: generating new code snippets, functions, or boilerplate based on user prompts or requirements

- model: anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
access_key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

if you think this is useful, then don't forget to the star the project 🙏

Open Reddit thread
r/aipromptprogramming 4 upvotes 1 comments December 6, 2025
I built the bridge from Claude Code to Amazon Nova Lite 2.0

Amazon just launched Nova 2 Lite models on Bedrock.

Now, you can use those models directly with Claude Code, and set automatic preferences on when to invoke the model for specific coding scenarios. Sample config below. This way you can mix/match different models based on coding use cases. Details in the demo folder here: [https://github.com/katanemo/archgw/tree/main/demos/use\_cases/claude\_code\_router](https://github.com/katanemo/archgw/tree/main/demos/use_cases/claude_code_router)

if you think this is useful, then don't forget to the star the project 🙏

# Anthropic Models
- model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5
access_key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
routing_preferences:
- name: code understanding
description: understand and explain existing code snippets, functions, or libraries

- model: amazon_bedrock/us.amazon.nova-2-lite-v1:0
default: true
access_key: $AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK
base_url: https://bedrock-runtime.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
routing_preferences:
- name: code generation
description: generating new code snippets, functions, or boilerplate based on user prompts or requirements

- model: anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
access_key: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

Open Reddit thread

I’ve been working on integrating Amazon Bedrock’s Nova Lite model into my application and have encountered an issue. According to the documentation, cross-region inference should allow my Lambda function running in us-west-2 to access amazon.nova-lite-v1:0, but my API calls are failing with the following error:

jsonCopy code{
"statusCode": 500,
"body": {
"error": "Bedrock API request failed: An error occurred (ValidationException) when calling the InvokeModel operation: Invocation of model ID amazon.nova-lite-v1:0 with on-demand throughput isn’t supported. Retry your request with the ID or ARN of an inference profile that contains this model."
}
}

From my understanding, Nova Lite is supposed to support both on-demand and provisioned throughput according to the user guide. However, this error makes it seem like provisioned throughput is a mandatory requirement for this model.

I've already:

* Verified that my Lambda function and Bedrock client are correctly configured for us-west-2.
* Ensured that the IAM role has the necessary permissions (bedrock:InvokeModel, etc.).
* Checked the documentation, but it doesn’t explicitly mention that provisioned throughput is required for basic inference with Nova Lite.

Can anyone confirm if provisioned throughput is a hard requirement for Nova Lite, or am I missing a key configuration step? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

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FAQ

Common questions about Amazon Nova Lite

What is the context window size for Amazon Nova Lite?

Amazon Nova Lite supports a context window of 300,000 tokens, allowing it to handle long documents, extended conversations, or multiple media inputs within a single request.

What input types does Amazon Nova Lite support?

Amazon Nova Lite is a multimodal model that accepts image, video, and text inputs. It is distinct from Nova Micro, which is text-only.

When was Amazon Nova Lite released?

Amazon Nova Lite was released in December 2024 as part of the Amazon Nova model family on Amazon Bedrock.

Can Amazon Nova Lite be fine-tuned?

Yes. Amazon Nova Lite supports text and vision fine-tuning through Amazon Bedrock, allowing developers to customize the model for specific use cases.

How does Amazon Nova Lite fit within the Nova model family?

Nova Lite is one of three understanding models in the Nova family. Nova Micro is text-only with the lowest latency, Nova Lite adds multimodal support at low cost, and Nova Pro offers the highest capability across accuracy, speed, and cost for complex tasks.

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