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Nova 2 Lite

AmazonReleased Dec 2, 2025

Nova 2 Lite is a fast, cost-effective reasoning model for everyday workloads that can process text, images, and videos to generate text. Nova 2 Lite demonstrates standout capabilities in processing...

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Context window
1M tokens
Max output
66K tokens
Input
text, image, video, file
Output
text
Tokenizer
Nova
Released
Dec 2, 2025
Reasoning
optional

Pricing

Per 1M tokens. The provider price and our flat 3% fee are separate columns — what you pay is their sum.

Per 1M tokensProvider+ 3% feeYou pay
Input$0.300$0.0090$0.309
Output$2.50$0.075$2.58

Benchmarks

Artificial Analysis

Intelligence index
18.2
Coding index
23
Agentic index
3.1

Supported parameters

  • include_reasoning
  • max_tokens
  • reasoning
  • stop
  • temperature
  • tool_choice
  • tools
  • top_k
  • top_p

Call it

OpenAI-compatible: point your SDK at api.openkey.ai/v1 and use model amazon/nova-2-lite-v1.

Code sample language
curl https://api.openkey.ai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENKEY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "amazon/nova-2-lite-v1",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.openkey.ai/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["OPENKEY_API_KEY"],
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="amazon/nova-2-lite-v1",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.openkey.ai/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.OPENKEY_API_KEY,
});

const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "amazon/nova-2-lite-v1",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

Questions

How much does Nova 2 Lite cost via API?
Through OpenKey, Nova 2 Lite costs $0.309 per 1M input tokens and $2.58 per 1M output tokens. That is the provider price ($0.300 / $2.50) plus a flat 3% fee — nothing else.
What is Nova 2 Lite's context window?
Nova 2 Lite accepts up to 1M tokens of context and returns up to 66K tokens per request.
Is Nova 2 Lite OpenAI-compatible?
Yes. Send requests to OpenKey's /v1/chat/completions endpoint with model "amazon/nova-2-lite-v1" using any OpenAI SDK — only the base URL and API key change.
What inputs does Nova 2 Lite support?
Nova 2 Lite accepts text, image, video, file input and produces text output.

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