Nova 2.0 Lite (high) API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Nova 2.0 Lite (high) for your use-case.
Fastest
AmazonOutput speed
Total 2 providers
Lowest Latency
AmazonTime to first answer token
Total 2 providers
Lowest Price
AmazonAmazonBlended price (per 1M tokens)
Total 2 providers
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is available through 2 API providers, each offering different performance characteristics and pricing. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across providers.
- For output speed, the top providers are Amazon (157.0 t/s).
- For latency, Amazon (26.81s) offer the lowest time to first answer token.
- For pricing, Amazon (0.52) and Amazon (0.52) offer the lowest blended prices per 1M tokens.
- Amazon offers the best performance with both the highest speed and lowest latency. For cost optimization, Amazon provides the most competitive pricing.
Highlights
Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above.
Pricing
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Pricing: Blended Price
Output Speed vs. Price
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed: Nova 2.0 Lite (high)
Latency vs. Output Speed
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Time to First Answer Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Nova 2.0 Lite (high) providers
Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is currently available through 2 API providers that we benchmark and track.
The fastest provider for Nova 2.0 Lite (high) by output speed is Amazon (157.0 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.
The provider with the lowest time to first answer token for Nova 2.0 Lite (high) is Amazon (26.81s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
1 of 2 providers support function calling for Nova 2.0 Lite (high): Amazon.
Amazon leads across all key metrics for Nova 2.0 Lite (high), offering the fastest speed, lowest latency, and most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for Nova 2.0 Lite (high), consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about Nova 2.0 Lite (high)'s intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview