Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Nova Lite leads with 2.7% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite offers 46.0K more tokens in context window than Nova Micro. Both models have similar pricing. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Amazon
Amazon Nova Lite was developed as a lightweight multimodal model, designed to provide efficient AI capabilities for text and image understanding. Built to serve cost-sensitive applications with quick response times, it represents Amazon's entry-level offering in the Nova family.
Amazon
Amazon Nova Micro was created as an ultra-compact multimodal model, designed for deployment in resource-constrained environments. Built to bring text and image understanding to edge devices and latency-sensitive applications, it extends Amazon's AI capabilities to minimal footprint scenarios.
Launched on the same date

Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20

Nova Micro
Amazon
2024-11-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Nova Lite

Nova Micro
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 17 common benchmarks

Nova Lite

Nova Micro
Available providers and their performance metrics

Nova Lite
Bedrock

Nova Micro

Nova Lite

Nova Micro

Nova Lite

Nova Micro
Bedrock