Amazon Nova Lite

Amazon Nova understanding models deliver advanced intelligence with unmatched price-to-performance.

Amazon Nova Lite is a high-speed multimodal model designed to process text, images, and video with exceptional responsiveness. The Nova family supports 200+ languages, provides fine-tuning for multimodal workloads, and integrates seamlessly with enterprise systems through Amazon Bedrock features such as Knowledge Bases and Agents. By choosing the right Nova model and applying techniques like distillation, organizations can achieve the optimal balance of intelligence, performance, and cost for their production workloads.

Why Nova Lite?

A multimodal model optimized for high-speed text, image, and video processing with exceptional responsiveness.

Use-Cases

Best suited for multimodal search, customer engagement, media analysis, and AI copilots that require fast inference across diverse inputs.

What it's best for

Delivering real-time multimodal intelligence at scale without compromising on speed or accuracy.

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Amazon Nova Lite

Text, Image, and Video

Processes multimodal inputs including text, images, and video for versatile enterprise use cases.

Context

Supports up to 300k tokens, enabling large document and multimedia analysis.

Latency

Designed for high-speed inference across multiple data types.

Cost

Provides a balance of performance and efficiency, optimized for multimodal workloads at enterprise scale.

Your questions answered

Common questions about Amazon Nova Lite

Nova Lite is a multimodal model capable of handling text, image, and video inputs, while Nova Micro is optimized exclusively for text.

Nova Lite supports up to 300k tokens, allowing for extended conversations, detailed document analysis, and multimedia context handling.

Yes. Nova Lite supports fine-tuning and can integrate with proprietary enterprise data using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases and Agents.

Typical use cases include customer engagement copilots, multimodal search, content moderation, and large-scale media analysis.

Amazon Nova Models

Compare Amazon Nova Models and Capabilities

Amazon Nova Micro

A low-latency, text-only model optimized for cost-efficient workloads. It supports over 200 languages, offers up to 128k token capacity, and can be fine-tuned for custom use cases.

Amazon Nova Lite

A high-speed multimodal model designed to handle text, image, and video inputs with exceptional responsiveness. It supports fine-tuning, processes up to 300k tokens, and works across 200+ languages.

Amazon Nova Pro

Amazon Nova Pro offers the best balance of accuracy, speed, and cost for general-purpose AI tasks. It supports 200+ languages, handles up to 300k tokens, and is fully fine-tunable for specialized needs.

Amazon Nova Premier

Nova Premier is the most advanced model in the Nova family, built for complex reasoning and high-stakes tasks. It supports 1 million tokens, over 200 languages, and is ideal for use as a teacher model in distillation workflows.

Amazon Nova Canvas

A customizable image generation model that turns text into visuals with precision and control. It supports prompts up to 1,024 characters, fine-tuning, and is optimized for English inputs.

Amazon Nova Reel

Generate high-quality video from text or image prompts, enabling fast visual storytelling. It supports up to 512 input characters and is optimized for English-language inputs.

Amazon Nova Sonic

Power real-time, human-like voice conversations with natural responsiveness and tone. It supports up to 300k tokens and is optimized for English (US, UK) and Spanish dialogue.

Amazon Nova Act

An autonomous agent model accessible via SDK, trained to interact with web browsers like a human user. It can click elements, perform searches, and answer questions—enabling real task execution, not just simulation.
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