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Amazon Nova Lite vs Apac Amazon Nova Micro

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 Lite

Image inputTool calling

Context window

300K

300,000 tokens · ~225K words

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Amazon

Model

Apac Amazon Nova Micro

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 Lite300K
Apac Amazon Nova Micro128K

Amazon Nova Lite has about 2.3× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Amazon Nova Lite has 134% more context capacity (300K vs 128K tokens). Apac Amazon Nova Micro is 38% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Amazon Nova Lite. Its 300K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 128K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Apac Amazon Nova Micro. Input tokens are 38% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

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

SpecAmazon Nova LiteApac Amazon Nova Micro
Context window300,000 tokens (300K)128,000 tokens (128K)
Max output tokens10,000 tokens (10K)10,000 tokens (10K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionYesNo
Function callingYesYes
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
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 Lite inAmazon Nova Lite outApac Amazon Nova Micro inApac Amazon Nova Micro out
Aws Bedrock$0.060/M$0.240/M$0.037/M$0.148/M

Frequently asked questions

Amazon Nova Lite has a larger context window: 300K 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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