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Nova Lite

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Intelligence
7

score

Nova Lite scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above …

vs class avg: 5

Speed
171.7

output tokens/sec

Nova Lite generates output at 171.7 tokens per second (based on Amazon's API), which is above …

Latency
1.03s

TTFT

Nova Lite has a time to first token (TTFT) of 1.03s (based on Amazon's API), which is better than …

Input Price
$0.06

/ 1M tokens

Nova Lite costs $0.06 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.05) and $0. …

Output Price
$0.24

/ 1M tokens

Nova Lite costs $0.06 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.05) and $0. …

Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

Budget-friendly / task-specific model

Best for high-volume, simple, or domain-specific tasks where cost or speed matters more than deep reasoning.

Best for

  • Simple Q&A
  • High-throughput chat
  • Classification
  • Extraction
  • Low-latency chat
  • Interactive turn-taking

Weak or unsuitable

  • Complex reasoning
  • Creative writing
  • Multi-step tasks

Routing recommendation

1

Use the fit matrix to compare against cheaper routes when volume rises

Cost pressure

Competitive pricing — $0.06 / M input, $0.24 / M output. Cost pressure is low enough for sustained production use.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsWeakIntelligence score 7 is better suited for straightforward tasks than multi-step reasoning.Avoid routing complex agentic tasks to this model.
High-volume chat & customer-facingStrongOutput speed 171.7 tokens/sec is adequate for chat.Suitable for chat; monitor latency under concurrent load.
Latency-sensitive applicationsStrongTTFT 1.03s — adequate latency for most interactive use cases.Suitable for real-time; test with your specific workload.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesExcellentOutput pricing at $0.24 is very competitive for high-volume workloads.Excellent for budget-constrained pipelines; enable caching to reduce costs further.

Cost pressure

Low

Pricing is competitive — input $0.06, output $0.24. Suitable for sustained production use.

Cheaper substitutes

No cheaper substitute is supported by the current price data.

Route away when

  • Extreme scale where even low costs matter

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Nova Lite scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 5).

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nova Lite: 6.96.9?Nova Lite

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Nova Lite generates output at 171.7 tokens per second (based on Amazon's API), which is above average compared to other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 121.7 t/s).

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashMinistral 3 3B: 178178?Ministral 3 3BNova Lite: 172172?Nova LiteGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Llama 3.1 8B: 144144MLlama 3.1 8BMiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Devstral 2: 7676?Devstral 2Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is competitive — input $0.06, output $0.24. Suitable for sustained production use.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

-50050Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3Nemotron 3 Ultra: -0.8-0.8NNemotron 3 UltraDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): -10-10DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Nova Lite: -40.4-40.4?Nova Lite

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Nova Lite: 6.96.9?Nova Lite

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Nova Lite: 6.96.9?Nova Lite

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)Nova Lite: 6.96.9?Nova Lite

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Output Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashMinistral 3 3B: 178178?Ministral 3 3BNova Lite: 172172?Nova LiteGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)Llama 3.1 8B: 144144MLlama 3.1 8BMiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashNova Lite: 172172?Nova LiteGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Latency & Response Time

Time to first token and end-to-end response latency.

End-to-End Response Time

Seconds to output 500 tokens, including reasoning model 'thinking' time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s15s30s45s60sPhi-4 Mini: 11s11s?Phi-4 MiniDevstral Small 2: 7.4s7.4s?Devstral Small 2Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7.1s7.1sAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7s7sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 6.6s6.6sKKimi K2.6Devstral 2: 6.6s6.6s?Devstral 2GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5.7s5.7sAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)MiniMax-M3: 5s5s?MiniMax-M3Llama 3.1 8B: 3.5s3.5sMLlama 3.1 8BGrok 4.3 (high): 3s3sxGrok 4.3 (high)Nova Lite: 2.9s2.9s?Nova Lite

Latency: Time To First Answer Token

Seconds to first answer token received · Accounts for reasoning model 'thinking' time · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0s25s50s75s100sDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 61s61sDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 58s58sKKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 20s20s?MiniMax-M3GLM-5.2 (max): 9.2s9.2s?GLM-5.2 (max)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 9.1s9.1sNNemotron 3 Ultragpt-oss-120b (high): 6.4s6.4sAIgpt-oss-120b (high)Ministral 3 3B: 0s0s?Ministral 3 3BPhi-4 Mini: 0s0s?Phi-4 MiniLlama 3.1 8B: 0s0sMLlama 3.1 8BNova Lite: 0s0s?Nova Lite

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Nova Lite: 300k300k?Nova LiteNemotron 3 Ultra: 262k262kNNemotron 3 UltraMuse Spark: 262k262k?Muse Spark

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 0.40.4AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 00?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 00xGrok 4.3 (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 00DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): 00AIgpt-oss-120b (high)

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0200400600Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 508508AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashNemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6MiniMax-M3: 1515?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 1313xGrok 4.3 (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7.27.2DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): 3.53.5AIgpt-oss-120b (high)

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6161AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 3636AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1111GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Grok 4.3 (high): 44xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 1.61.6?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.31.3DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): 0.90.9AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nova Lite: 0.320.32?Nova Litecache Hitinputoutput

Time per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average decode time (minutes) per task; excludes TTFT and overhead time · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

051015Phi-4 Mini: 1111?Phi-4 MiniKimi K2.6: 8.28.2KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 6.86.8DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4.84.8AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…MiniMax-M3: 3.93.9?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 33AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 2.82.8?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2.22.2GGemini 3.5 Flashgpt-oss-120b (high): 1.91.9AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Ministral 3 3B: 1.81.8?Ministral 3 3B

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Nova Lite scores 7 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it above average among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 5). Nova Lite generates output at 171.7 tokens per second (based on Amazon's API), which is above average compared to other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 121.7 t/s). Nova Lite costs $0.06 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.05) and $0.24 per 1M output tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.20), based on Amazon's API.

Nova Lite

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
No
Input modalities
Nova Lite supports image input.
Output modalities
Nova Lite supports text only output.
Context window
300k tokens
Open weights / source
No, Nova Lite is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
Parameters
Nova Lite is a proprietary model and Amazon has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.
API availability
Yes, Nova Lite is available via API through 1 provider.

Methodology & Provenance

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