Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0 provider comparison

amazon/nova-lite-v1

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...

Endpoints:: 2
Context:: 300K
Input:: text, image
Output:: text

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At a glance

Comparison winners

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens using the latest published median speed data.

Best cost/speed trade-off

Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/eu-west-1

$0.12 / 1M tokens

4.34 s estimated response

Cheapest

Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/eu-west-1

$0.12 / 1M tokens

$0.00018 for the sample request

Fastest

Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/eu-west-1

4.34 s estimated response

$0.12 / 1M tokens

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

Compare published endpoint pricing and estimated response time visually.

Effective price by endpoint

USD per 1 million tokens for input and output. Lower is better.

Amazon Bedrock has the lowest estimated cost for 1,000 input and 500 output tokens at $0.00018.

Estimated cost vs. response time

Based on 1,000 input and 500 output tokens. Cost is shown in USD per 1 million tokens. Lower and further left is better; the single best cost/speed trade-off appears at full opacity.

2 providers have complete pricing and speed data. Amazon Bedrock is closest to the ideal combination of lowest cost and fastest response.

Server-rendered comparison

Provider endpoints

Prompt and completion prices are effective USD per token as published by OpenRouter. Missing speed data never removes an endpoint.

Rank providers by

Endpoint comparison for Amazon: Nova Lite 1.0
Provider / route	Current pricing ↗	Speed measurements	Endpoint details
Provider / route Amazon Bedrock`amazon-bedrock/eu-west-1` CheapestFastestBest cost/speed trade-off	Current pricing Input price $0.06 / 1M tokens Output price $0.24 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00018	Speed measurements 500-token response 4.34 s Response starts 0.43 s Output speed 128.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 100.00% Context 300K Model format unknown Max output 5.1K 6 parameters max_tokens, stop, temperature, tools, top_k, top_p
Provider / route Amazon Bedrock`amazon-bedrock`	Current pricing Input price $0.06 / 1M tokens Output price $0.24 / 1M tokens Sample cost $0.00018	Speed measurements 500-token response 5.57 s Response starts 0.52 s Output speed 99.0 tok/s	Endpoint details Uptime (30 min) 100.00% Context 300K Model format unknown Max output 5.1K 6 parameters max_tokens, stop, temperature, tools, top_k, top_p

Endpoint data fetched Jul 15, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC.

Nova Lite 1.0 deployment guide

How to choose a Nova Lite 1.0 inference provider

Nova Lite 1.0 is indexed here as a text model by Amazon, with 2 provider endpoints from Amazon Bedrock. The comparison preserves each exact OpenRouter routing tag so pricing and performance observations can be connected to the route an application would actually request.

Match the endpoint to the workload

The model publishes a 300K-token context window. It accepts text, image input and returns text output. 6 distinct supported parameters appear across the listed routes. Confirm limits on the specific endpoint rather than assuming every host exposes the same configuration.

Compare the real request economics

Amazon Bedrock currently has the lowest estimated cost for the standard 1,000-input/500-output-token sample at $0.00018. Input-heavy and output-heavy applications can produce a different result, so review both per-million-token prices in the endpoint table.

Balance response start and generation speed

Amazon Bedrock currently has the shortest estimated 500-token response at 4.34 seconds. Amazon Bedrock is the single endpoint closest to the current ideal cost/speed combination. Recent observations can change, so validate finalists with your own prompts.