AI Models · Paid vs Paid

AMNova Premier 1.0 Paid vs AMNova Lite 1.0 Paid

Nova Premier 1.0 vs Nova Lite 1.0 compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Full 2026 breakdown.

Nova Premier 1.0 — full profile ›  ·  Nova Lite 1.0 — full profile ›

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AMNova Premier 1.0PaidAmazon
$2.5 /M input
$12.5 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window1M tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
AMNova Lite 1.0PaidAmazon
$0.06 /M input
$0.24 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)
TypeProprietary
Context window300K tokens
MultimodalYes
Self-hostNo
Choose Nova Lite 1.0 for the lower output price ($0.24/M vs $12.5/M). Choose Nova Premier 1.0 if you need the larger 1M context window.

Nova Premier 1.0 vs Nova Lite 1.0 specs

SpecNova Premier 1.0Nova Lite 1.0Winner
MakerAmazonAmazon–
TypeProprietaryProprietary–
Context window1M tokens300K tokensAMNova Premier 1.0
Input price$2.5/M$0.06/MAMNova Lite 1.0
Output price$12.5/M$0.24/MAMNova Lite 1.0
Vision / multimodalYesYes= Tie
Tool / function callingYesYes= Tie
Self-hostableNo (API only)No (API only)–
LicenseProprietaryProprietary–

Price gap & when to choose each

52×cheaper per output token

Nova Lite 1.0 is ~52× cheaper than Nova Premier 1.0 on output tokens ($0.24 vs $12.5 per M tokens).

AMChoose Nova Premier 1.0 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You need the longer 1M context window
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure
AMChoose Nova Lite 1.0 if…
  • You want frontier performance through a managed API
  • You want the lower output price
  • You value reliability & ecosystem
  • You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

CapabilityNova Premier 1.0Nova Lite 1.0
Open weights (downloadable)✗✗
Self-hostable✗✗
Runs fully offline✗✗
Vision / multimodal✓✓
Tool / function calling✓✓
1M+ context window✓✗

How Nova Premier 1.0 and Nova Lite 1.0 score

🤝 Neck and neck on these criteria (3.2 vs 3.3 / 5).
CriterionNova Premier 1.0Nova Lite 1.0
Cost-efficiency3.55.0
Context window5.04.0
Openness1.51.5
Self-hosting1.01.0
Multimodality5.05.0

Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.

What each model is

Nova Premier 1.0 Paid

Amazon · Proprietary

Amazon Nova Premier is the most capable of Amazon’s multimodal models for complex reasoning tasks and for use as the best teacher for distilling custom models.

Nova Lite 1.0 Paid

Amazon · Proprietary

Amazon Nova Lite 1.0 is a very low-cost multimodal model from Amazon that focused on fast processing of image, video, and text inputs to generate text output. Amazon Nova Lite...

Frequently asked questions

Nova Premier 1.0 vs Nova Lite 1.0 — which is cheaper?

Nova Lite 1.0 is cheaper on output ($0.24/M vs $12.5/M).

Which has the larger context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 offers the larger context window (1M tokens).

Nova Premier 1.0 vs Nova Lite 1.0 — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose Nova Lite 1.0 for the lower output price ($0.24/M vs $12.5/M). Choose Nova Premier 1.0 if you need the larger 1M context window.

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