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Amazon Nova 2 Pro Preview 20251202 vs Amazon Nova Lite

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.

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Amazon Nova 2 Pro Preview 20251202

Image inputTool calling

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1M

1,000,000 tokens · ~750K words

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Amazon

Model

Amazon Nova Lite

Image inputTool calling

Context window

300K

300,000 tokens · ~225K 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 Pro Preview 202512021M
Amazon Nova Lite300K

Amazon Nova 2 Pro Preview 20251202 has about 3.3× the context window of the other in this pair.

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Amazon Nova 2 Pro Preview 20251202 has 233% more context capacity (1000K vs 300K tokens). Amazon Nova Lite is 97% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Amazon Nova 2 Pro Preview 20251202. Its 1000K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 300K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Amazon Nova Lite. Input tokens are 97% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Amazon Nova 2 Pro Preview 20251202. 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 Pro Preview 20251202Amazon Nova Lite
Context window1,000,000 tokens (1000K)300,000 tokens (300K)
Max output tokens64,000 tokens (64K)10,000 tokens (10K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionYesYes
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 Pro Preview 20251202 inAmazon Nova 2 Pro Preview 20251202 outAmazon Nova Lite inAmazon Nova Lite out
Aws Bedrock$2.19/M$17.50/M$0.060/M$0.240/M

Frequently asked questions

Amazon Nova 2 Pro Preview 20251202 has a larger context window: 1000K tokens vs 300K. 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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