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# Amazon Nova Lite 1.0

> Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 by Amazon. Ranked #241 of 368 with a Noometry Index of 36.1. API: $0.06 in / $0.24 out per M tokens. 300K context. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/amazon-nova-lite-1-0
- Last updated: 2026-11-04
- Title: Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Benchmarks, Price & Rank (November 2026)

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 by Amazon ranks 241st of 368 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of November 2026, with a score of 36.1. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 129th. API pricing starts at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens, with a 300K-token context window.

Last verified November 4, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #241 of 368
- **Index score:** 36.1
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 18 results
- **Provider:** [Amazon](https://noometry.com/providers/amazon)
- **Released:** Unknown
- **Weights:** Unknown
- **Reasoning:** Unknown
- **Context window:** 300K
- **Max output:** 5K
- **Input price:** $0.06 / M
- **Output price:** $0.24 / M
- **Blended price:** $0.10 / M
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** #14 of 217
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown
- **Input:** text, image

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 category scores

1.  Coding 36.7
2.  Reasoning 26.4
3.  Math 36.7
4.  Knowledge 33.8
5.  Multimodal 26.1
6.  Multilingual 36.8
7.  Instruction Following 62.9
8.  Long Context 37.3
9.  Writing & Preference 42.5
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Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 36.7 | #218 | 1 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 26.4 | #172 | 1 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 36.7 | #201 | 1 |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 33.8 | #216 | 1 |
| [Multimodal](https://noometry.com/best/multimodal) | 26.1 | #129 | 1 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 36.8 | #230 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 62.9 | #232 | 1 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 37.3 | #215 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 42.5 | #240 | 3 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 26.4 | +0.3 | #172 of 349, top 50% |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 36.7 | −1.9 | #201 of 342, top 59% |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 36.7 | −2.5 | #218 of 346, top 64% |

### Weakest categories

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Multimodal](https://noometry.com/best/multimodal) | 26.1 | −12.8 | #129 of 133, top 97% |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 36.8 | −10.0 | #230 of 294, top 79% |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 42.5 | −11.0 | #240 of 317, top 76% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Amazon Nova Lite 1.0. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Amazon Nova Lite 1.0
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Olmo 2 0325 32b Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/olmo-2-0325-32b-instruct) | #237 | 36.5 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-olmo-2-0325-32b-instruct) |
| [Amazon Nova Micro 1.0](https://noometry.com/models/amazon-nova-micro-1-0) | #238 | 36.4 | $0.0613 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-amazon-nova-micro-1-0) |
| [gpt-oss-120b](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-oss-120b) | #239 | 36.3 | $0.0703 | 55 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-gpt-oss-120b) |
| [GPT-4.1](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4-1) | #240 | 36.1 | $3.50 | 116 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-gpt-4-1) |
| [Qwen3 Coder Next](https://noometry.com/models/qwen3-coder-next) | #242 | 35.8 | $0.29 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-qwen3-coder-next) |
| [Magistral Medium](https://noometry.com/models/magistral-medium) | #243 | 35.7 | $2.75 | 0 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-magistral-medium) |
| [DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B](https://noometry.com/models/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b) | #244 | 35.5 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b) |
| [Aya Expanse 8B](https://noometry.com/models/aya-expanse-8b) | #245 | 35.4 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-aya-expanse-8b) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1239 | #226 of 291, top 78% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Reasoning

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1220 | #227 of 294, top 78% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Math

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1227 | #223 of 283, top 79% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Knowledge

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Expert](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-expert) | 1201 | #221 of 271, top 82% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Multimodal

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Multimodal benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Vision](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-vision) | 990 | #120 of 123, top 98% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/vision) | 2026-10-19 |

### Multilingual

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1208 | #230 of 294, top 79% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1225 | #219 of 281, top 78% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena French](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-french) | 1238 | #193 of 229, top 85% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1229 | #191 of 236, top 81% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Japanese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-japanese) | 1154 | #183 of 218, top 84% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Korean](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-korean) | 1153 | #180 of 217, top 83% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1216 | #228 of 280, top 82% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Spanish](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-spanish) | 1226 | #193 of 229, top 85% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Instruction Following

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1205 | #228 of 294, top 78% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Long Context

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1234 | #226 of 287, top 79% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

### Writing & Preference

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1229 | #229 of 294, top 78% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1197 | #233 of 292, top 80% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1199 | #235 of 292, top 81% | Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-28 |

## API pricing by provider

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 API prices
| Route | Input $/M | Output $/M | Cached input $/M | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [openrouter](https://openrouter.ai/amazon/nova-lite-v1) | $0.06 | $0.24 | — | 2026-11-04 |

[All Amazon API prices →](https://noometry.com/llm-pricing/amazon) [Estimate your cost →](https://noometry.com/tools/cost-calculator)

## Compare Amazon Nova Lite 1.0

-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs GPT-4.1](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-gpt-4-1)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs Qwen3 Coder Next](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-qwen3-coder-next)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs gpt-oss-120b](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-gpt-oss-120b)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs Magistral Medium](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-magistral-medium)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs Amazon Nova Micro 1.0](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-amazon-nova-micro-1-0)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-gpt-6-astra)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs Claude Opus 5.5](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-claude-opus-5-5)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs Gemini 4 Argon](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-gemini-4-argon)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs Kimi K3](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-kimi-k3)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-deepseek-v4-1-flash)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs Muse Wonder](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-muse-wonder)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs Qwen3.8 Max](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-qwen3-8-max)
-   [Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 vs Grok 4.6](https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-1-0-vs-grok-4-6)

## Other Amazon models

-   [Amazon Nova Experimental Chat (10 09)](https://noometry.com/models/amazon-nova-experimental-chat)45.5
-   [Nova 2 Lite](https://noometry.com/models/nova-2-lite)40.6
-   [Nova Premier 1.0](https://noometry.com/models/nova-premier-1-0)39.4
-   [Amazon Nova Pro 1.0](https://noometry.com/models/amazon-nova-pro-1-0)36.9
-   [Amazon Nova Micro 1.0](https://noometry.com/models/amazon-nova-micro-1-0)36.4
-   [Amazon Nova Lite](https://noometry.com/models/amazon-nova-lite)34.8
-   [Nova 2.0 Pro Preview](https://noometry.com/models/nova-2-0-pro-preview)34.3
-   [Amazon Nova Pro](https://noometry.com/models/amazon-nova-pro)33.1

## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Amazon Nova Lite 1.0?

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 by Amazon ranks 241st of 368 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of November 2026, with a score of 36.1. Its strongest category is multimodal, where it ranks 129th. API pricing starts at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens, with a 300K-token context window.

### How much does Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 cost?

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 costs $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens on openrouter.

### What is Amazon Nova Lite 1.0's context window?

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 accepts up to 300K tokens of input and can write up to 5K tokens in one response.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 open source?

Amazon has not published downloadable weights for Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 that we can confirm.

### What are Amazon Nova Lite 1.0's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 places best in reasoning, math, coding and lowest in multimodal, multilingual, writing & preference.

### What is Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 best at?

Its best category is multimodal, where it ranks 129th on Noometry.

### Cite this page

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