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Amazon Nova 2 Lite vs Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Amazon

Model

Amazon Nova 2 Lite

Image inputTool calling

Context window

1M

1,000,000 tokens · ~750K words

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Meta

Model

Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct

Tool calling

Context window

128K

128,000 tokens · ~96K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Amazon Nova 2 Lite1M
Meta Llama3 1 405b Instruct128K

Amazon Nova 2 Lite has about 7.8× the context window of the other in this pair.

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Amazon Nova 2 Lite has 681% more context capacity (1000K vs 128K tokens). Amazon Nova 2 Lite is 94% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Amazon Nova 2 Lite. Its 1000K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Amazon Nova 2 Lite. Input tokens are 94% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Amazon Nova 2 Lite. Its 64K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecAmazon Nova 2 LiteMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct
Context window1,000,000 tokens (1000K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens64,000 tokens (64K)4,096 tokens (4K)
Speed tierBalancedDeep
VisionYesNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingYesNo
Prompt cachingYesNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/AN/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderAmazon Nova 2 Lite inAmazon Nova 2 Lite outMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct inMeta Llama3 1 405b Instruct out
Aws Bedrock$0.300/M$2.50/M$5.32/M$16.00/M

Frequently asked questions

Amazon Nova 2 Lite has a larger context window: 1000K tokens vs 128K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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