Amazon Nova 2 Lite

Nova 2 Lite is a fast, cheap reasoning model for everyday workloads. Text, images and video in, text out. Aimed at document processing, extracting information from video, code generation, grounded answers and multi-step agent workflows.

Provider: Amazon
Released: 2025-12-02
Size: MEDIUM
Free API (OpenRouter): No
Per 1M tokens: $0.50 in · $1.5 out
Estimated tab: ~$0.088; Visible-output estimate. Thinking may cost extra.

Free API availability

No free endpoint for Amazon Nova 2 Lite was found in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Other providers or chat apps may have separate free offers.

Provider data: 9 Sep 2026OpenRouter usage limits

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Get API accessProvider and language code samples

Provider

fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"amazon/nova-2-lite-v1:free"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

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SubjectiveBench

Taste Index

Across 35 scored outputs

How this is measured →

150.15xFloor

0100headroom →

Taste is judged on an uncapped scale, originality first. The space past 100 is craft today's models rarely reach.

Craft24

Originality11

Plays it safe

share of outputs that are the default answer

77%

Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 14 text responses

Tick = global average

Vocabulary Diversity55%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length17.0 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.38

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting8.6

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage3.9

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure1.48

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage0.59

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.12

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits

Starts with heading (93%)

Consistency

72%

Across 14 responses

Model Responses

35 outputs · generated before accounting joined the chat

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