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.

MODEL CARD
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
What makes Amazon Nova Lite different from Nova Micro?
Nova Lite is a multimodal model capable of handling text, image, and video inputs, while Nova Micro is optimized exclusively for text.
How many tokens can Nova Lite process?
Nova Lite supports up to 300k tokens, allowing for extended conversations, detailed document analysis, and multimedia context handling.
Can Nova Lite be fine-tuned for enterprise applications?
Yes. Nova Lite supports fine-tuning and can integrate with proprietary enterprise data using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases and Agents.
What are common business use cases for Nova Lite?
Typical use cases include customer engagement copilots, multimodal search, content moderation, and large-scale media analysis.
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